Where does “ناکجا” come from?

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

ناکجا (Persian): nowhere

Definitions

  1. nowhere

Ancestry of “ناکجا”, step by step

ناکجا traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian کجا

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianکجاwhere
2PersianکهAPI •; that; which
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷíswho, what; who, which, that; which, what
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷi-interrogative base

via Persian ناـ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianناـun-, non-, in
2Proto-Indo-Iraniannáno, not
3Proto-Indo-Europeannénot; no

Words derived from “ناکجا”

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