kë
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Albanian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Albanian *ku ̊, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷu- (“who, where”), derived from *kʷ-. Cognate to Gothic pronominal element for the formation of indefinite pronouns -hun. A deictic particle of remote distance. It only occurs in the pronominal system as the first member of a compound.
Particle
[edit]kë (masculine adjectival i kë, feminine singular e kë, masculine plural të kë, feminine plural të këa)
Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-Albanian *kaN, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷo- (“who”). Cognate to Latin quom.[1]
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]kë
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 218