Where does “чӣ тавр” come from?

чӣ тавр (Tajik) comes from Persian چطور, from Persian چه, from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩, from Proto-Indo-European kʷis — interrogative, relative stem; who, what;...

чӣ тавр (Tajik): how

Definitions

  1. how

Ancestry of “чӣ тавр”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianچطورhow; how about, what about
2Persianچهbecause; what?; Suffix which forms the diminutive
3Middle Persian𐭰𐭩what; because
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷisinterrogative, relative stem; who, what;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷis →Every word from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩 →Every word from Persian چه →