Where does “כי” come from?
כי (Hebrew) comes from Ancient Greek χεῖ — chi, the name for the twenty-third letter Χ, χ of...
כי (Hebrew): so, thus
Definitions
- so, thus
Ancestry of “כי”, step by step
כי traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ancient Greek χεῖ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | χεῖ | chi, the name for the twenty-third letter Χ, χ of... |
via Proto-Semitic *kiyā
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Semitic | *kiyā | — |