Where does “çünkü” come from?
çünkü (Turkish) comes from Azerbaijani çünki, from Persian چونکه, from Persian که, from Proto-Indo-European kʷís, from Proto-Indo-European kʷi- — interrogative base.
çünkü (Turkish): because
Ancestry of “çünkü”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Azerbaijani | çünki | because |
| 2 | Persian | چونکه | — |
| 3 | Persian | که | API •; that; which |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷís | who, what; who, which, that; which, what |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷi- | interrogative base |
Words derived from “çünkü”