Where does “li dijî” come from?

li dijî (Kurdish) comes from Northern Kurdish li, from Proto-Indo-European én — in.

li dijî (Kurdish): against

Definitions

  1. against

Ancestry of “li dijî”, step by step

li dijî traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Northern Kurdish li

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Kurdishliin; an element of several prepositions and...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanénin

via Northern Kurdish dijî

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Kurdishdijîagainst
Every word from Proto-Indo-European én →Every word from Northern Kurdish li →