Where does “kāpēc” come from?

kāpēc (Latvian) comes from Latvian pēc, from Latvian pēdis, from Latvian pēdies, from Latvian pēds.

kāpēc (Latvian): why? for what reason? for what purpose?; why?, oh...

Definitions

  1. why? for what reason? for what purpose?; why?, oh...

Ancestry of “kāpēc”, step by step

kāpēc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latvian pēc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianpēcafter, afterwards, later, later on; after, in;...
2Latvianpēdisafter
3Latvianpēdies—
4Latvianpēds—

via Latvian kā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latviankāas soon as; as; since
2Latviankaswho, what; API '; that
3Proto-Balto-Slavickaswho
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷóswho
Every word from Latvian pēds →Every word from Latvian pēdies →Every word from Latvian pēdis →