Where does “kad” come from?
kad (Ido) comes from Sanskrit कदा, from Japanese か, from Japanese いつか.
kad (Ido): whether, if; used at the beginning of a sentence...
Definitions
- whether, if; used at the beginning of a sentence...
Ancestry of “kad”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | कदा | when, at what time?; someday, one day; how? |
| 2 | Japanese | か | final interrogative particle, similar to a... |
| 3 | Japanese | いつか | — |