Where does “kusa” come from?

kusa (Proto-Albanian) comes from Proto-Indo-European kʷú só, from Proto-Indo-European kʷís, from Proto-Indo-European kʷi- — interrogative base.

kusa (Proto-Albanian): who

Definitions

  1. who

Ancestry of “kusa”, step by step

kusa traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European kʷú só

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeankʷú só—
2Proto-Indo-Europeankʷíswho, what; who, which, that; which, what
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷi-interrogative base

via Proto-Indo-European kʷu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeankʷuwhere; who

via Proto-Indo-European so

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansothis, that; conjunctve particle; that one

Words derived from “kusa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷís →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷú só →