Where does “kādēļ” come from?
kādēļ (Latvian) comes from Latvian kā, from Latvian kas, from Proto-Balto-Slavic kas, from Proto-Indo-European kʷós — who.
kādēļ (Latvian): why; for what reason
Ancestry of “kādēļ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latvian | kā | as soon as; as; since |
| 2 | Latvian | kas | who, what; API '; that |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | kas | who |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷós | who |