Where does “ca” come from?
ca (Proto-Iranian) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian ča, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.
Ancestry of “ca”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ča | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |