Where does “ilekroć” come from?

ilekroć (Polish) comes from Polish -kroć, from Proto-Slavic kortъ, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

ilekroć (Polish): whenever

Definitions

  1. whenever

Ancestry of “ilekroć”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polish-kroćtimes
2Proto-Slavickortъmoment of time, occurence
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Proto-Slavic kortъ →Every word from Polish -kroć →