Where does “phúčik” come from?
phúčik (Kalasha) comes from Sanskrit पृच्छति, from Proto-Indo-Aryan pr̥śćáti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pr̥šćáti, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥sḱéti, from Proto-Indo-European preḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂.
phúčik (Kalasha): to ask
Ancestry of “phúčik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | पृच्छति | to ask, question, interrogate; to ask after... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | pr̥śćáti | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pr̥šćáti | to ask |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥sḱéti | to keep asking, to question |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | preḱ- | to ask |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥ḱneh₂ | — |