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Where does “آنچه” come from?

آنچه (Persian) comes from Persian چه, from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩, from Proto-Indo-European kʷis — interrogative, relative stem; who, what;...

Ancestry of “آنچه”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianچهbecause; what?; Suffix which forms the diminutive
2Middle Persian𐭰𐭩what; because
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷisinterrogative, relative stem; who, what;...
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