Where does “qanï” come from?

qanï (Old Anatolian Turkish) comes from Proto-Turkic kanï, from Proto-Turkic ka- — interrogative particle.

Ancestry of “qanï”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkickanïwhere
2Proto-Turkicka-interrogative particle
Every word from Proto-Turkic ka- →Every word from Proto-Turkic kanï →