Where does “никъто” come from?

никъто (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic nikъto, from Proto-Indo-European kʷos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷ- — The primary interrogative root.

никъто (Old Church Slavonic): (indefinite pronoun) nobody, no one

Definitions

  1. (indefinite pronoun) nobody, no one

Ancestry of “никъто”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicnikъtonobody
2Proto-Indo-EuropeankʷosSee *kʷis
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷ-The primary interrogative root
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷos →Every word from Proto-Slavic nikъto →