köken: From Vulgar Latin quī sapit (“who knows”). Cognate with Spanish and Galician quizá, Portuguese quiçá. By surface analysis, univerbation of chi + sa, literally “who knows”.
maybe; perhaps; probably (expresses a possibility or assumption)
köken: From Middle Persian šʾ(d)yt’ (šāyēd, “one can, it is possible”), grammaticalized form of the third person singular indicative form of the verb šʾd-stn’ (šāyistan, “to be able, to be worthy”) (whence Persian شایستن (šāyistan)), further from Proto-Iranian *xšáyati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáyati (“he rules, he has power over”) (whence Sanskrit क्षयति (kṣáyati)), probably from Proto-Indo-European…
köken: Borrowed from Classical Persian بَلْکِه (balki). Cognate with Kyrgyz балки (balki), Bashkir бәлки (bəlki), Uzbek balki, Azerbaijani bəlkə, Turkish belki, etc.
köken: Japanese phrasebook This entry is part of the phrasebook project, which presents criteria for inclusion based on utility, simplicity and commonness. /sau/ → /sɔː/ → /soː/
köken: Lexicalization of állító + -lag (adverb-forming suffix), from állít (“to claim, allege”) + -ó (present participle suffix).
aile: állítólagos
Etimoloji
From Old Galician-Portuguese sei ca (since the 13th century, used by the Galician Pero da Ponte), from sei (“I know”) + que (“that”). Compare Portuguese seica, Asturian seique, Occitan saique.