Where does “jakoś” come from?

jakoś (Polish) comes from Polish jako, from Old Polish jako, from Proto-Slavic jako, from Proto-Slavic jakъ, from Proto-Slavic jь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic iś, from Old Polish ić, from Proto-Slavic jьti — to go.

jakoś (Polish): somehow

Definitions

  1. somehow

Ancestry of “jakoś”, step by step

jakoś traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish jako

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishjakoas
2Old Polishjakointerrogative or relative adverb; how, in what way
3Proto-Slavicjakohow, in which way
4Proto-Slavicjakъof this kind; of what/which kind
5Proto-Slavicjьthis; he
6Proto-Balto-Slaviciśthis
7Old Polishićto go
8Proto-Slavicjьtito go
9Proto-Balto-Slaviceiteito go
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

via Silesian jako

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Silesianjakoas

Words derived from “jakoś”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei →