Where does “kasnakt” come from?

kasnakt (Lithuanian) comes from Lithuanian kas, from Proto-Balto-Slavic kas, from Proto-Indo-European kʷós — who.

kasnakt (Lithuanian): every night; nightly

Definitions

  1. every night; nightly

Ancestry of “kasnakt”, step by step

kasnakt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lithuanian kas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuaniankaswho; what
2Proto-Balto-Slavickaswho
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷóswho

via Lithuanian naktį

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuaniannaktį—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷós →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic kas →Every word from Lithuanian kas →