Where does “بلكن” come from?

بلكن (Hijazi Arabic) comes from Ottoman Turkish بلكه, from Persian بلکه, from Persian که, from Proto-Indo-European kʷís, from Proto-Indo-European kʷi- — interrogative base.

بلكن (Hijazi Arabic): maybe

Definitions

  1. maybe

Ancestry of “بلكن”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبلكهmaybe
2Persianبلکهbut
3PersianکهAPI •; that; which
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷíswho, what; who, which, that; which, what
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷi-interrogative base
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷís →Every word from Persian که →