Where does “بالك” come from?

بالك (Libyan Arabic) comes from Ottoman Turkish بلكه, from Persian بلکه, from Persian که, from Proto-Indo-European kʷís, from Proto-Indo-European kʷi- — interrogative base.

بالك (Libyan Arabic): maybe, perhaps

Definitions

  1. maybe, perhaps

Ancestry of “بالك”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبلكهmaybe
2Persianبلکهbut
3PersianکهAPI •; that; which
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷíswho, what; who, which, that; which, what
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷi-interrogative base
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷís →Every word from Persian که →