Where does “derheq” come from?

derheq (Northern Kurdish) comes from Albanian heq, from Albanian helq, from Proto-Albanian (w)alkja, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wolkéye-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂welk- — to pull.

derheq (Northern Kurdish): about

Definitions

  1. about

Ancestry of “derheq”, step by step

derheq traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Albanian heq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AlbanianheqI pull out; I remove
2Albanianhelq—
3Proto-Albanian(w)alkja—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wolkéye-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂welk-to pull

via Persian درحق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianدرحق—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂welk- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂wolkéye- →Every word from Proto-Albanian (w)alkja →