Where does “” come from?

që (Albanian) comes from Latin ecce, from Latin -ce, from Proto-Italic ke, from Indo-European *ḱe.

(Albanian): that, which; who, whom, that, which; when, where

Definitions

  1. that, which; who, whom, that, which; when, where

Ancestry of “”, step by step

traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin ecce

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latineccesee!, look!, behold!, points out something with...
2Latin-ceaffixed, usually to demonstratives, forming...
3Proto-Italickehere
4Indo-European*ḱe

via Proto-Albanian ̊kai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Albanian̊kai

Words derived from “

Every word from Indo-European *ḱeEvery word from Latin -ceEvery word from Proto-Italic ke