Where does “kad” come from?

kad (Ido) comes from Sanskrit कदा, from Japanese か, from Japanese いつか — sometime, at some point.

kad (Ido): whether, if; used at the beginning of a sentence...

Definitions

  1. whether, if; used at the beginning of a sentence...

Ancestry of “kad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritकदाwhen, at what time?; someday, one day; how?
2Japaneseかfinal interrogative particle, similar to a...
3Japaneseいつかsometime, at some point
Every word from Japanese いつか →Every word from Japanese か →Every word from Sanskrit कदा →