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Where does “či” come from?

či (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic či, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.

či (Serbo-Croatian): if

Definitions

  1. if

Ancestry of “či”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicčiif, whether; or
2Proto-Indo-European*kʷís—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís →