kë

Albanian

Etymology 1

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

kë (masculine adjectival i kë, feminine singular e kë, masculine plural të kë, feminine plural të këa)

  1. here

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *kaN, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷo- (“who”). Cognate to Latin quom.[1]

Alternative forms

Pronoun

kë

  1. who, whom

References
  1. Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 218
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