Where does “כלשהו” come from?

כלשהו (Hebrew) comes from Hebrew כל, from Proto-Semitic *kʷall-.

כלשהו (Hebrew): any, whatsoever

Definitions

  1. any, whatsoever

Ancestry of “כלשהו”, step by step

כלשהו traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hebrew כל

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HebrewכלAll, whole, entirety, everything; "found almost...
2Proto-Semitic*kʷall-—

via Hebrew ־שהו

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrew־שהוSome-, any-
Every word from Proto-Semitic *kʷall- →Every word from Hebrew כל →