Where does “ինչ կա չկա” come from?

ինչ կա չկա (Armenian) comes from Armenian ինչ, from Old Armenian ինչ, from Old Armenian ի-, from Old Armenian հի-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.

ինչ կա չկա (Armenian): what's up?, how are things?, what's new?

Definitions

  1. what's up?, how are things?, what's new?

Ancestry of “ինչ կա չկա”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianինչwhat; that, which
2Old Armenianինչsome, a, an, one, certain, single, any; what?...
3Old Armenianի-thing; what?
4Old Armenianհի-something
5Proto-Indo-European*kʷís—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís →Every word from Old Armenian ի- →Every word from Old Armenian ինչ →