Where does “کجایی” come from?

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

کجایی (Persian): from where?

Definitions

  1. from where?

Ancestry of “کجایی”, step by step

کجایی 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 ـیی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianـییform of the suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷís →Every word from Persian که →