Where does “بلکه” come from?

بلکه (Persian) comes from Persian که, from Proto-Indo-European kʷís, from Proto-Indo-European kʷi- — interrogative base.

بلکه (Persian): but

Definitions

  1. but

Ancestry of “بلکه”, step by step

بلکه traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian که

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PersianکهAPI •; that; which
2Proto-Indo-Europeankʷíswho, what; who, which, that; which, what
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷi-interrogative base

via Arabic بل

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicبلbut; rather; used to cancel what precedes it and...
2Classical Persianکه—

Words derived from “بلکه”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷís →Every word from Persian که →