Where does “ਕਾਹਨੂੰ” come from?

ਕਾਹਨੂੰ (Punjabi) comes from Punjabi ਕਾਹ — oblique form of ਕੀ.

ਕਾਹਨੂੰ (Punjabi): why? to what end? (literally, "to what?")

Definitions

  1. why? to what end? (literally, "to what?")

Ancestry of “ਕਾਹਨੂੰ”, step by step

ਕਾਹਨੂੰ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Punjabi ਕਾਹ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Punjabiਕਾਹoblique form of ਕੀ

via Punjabi ਨੂੰ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Punjabiਨੂੰmarks the dative case: to
Every word from Punjabi ਕਾਹ