Where does “ktoś” come from?

ktoś (Polish) comes from Old Polish kto, from Proto-Slavic kъto, from Proto-Indo-European kʷós — who.

ktoś (Polish): somebody

Definitions

  1. somebody

Ancestry of “ktoś”, step by step

ktoś traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Polish kto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishktowho
2Proto-Slavickъtowho
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷóswho

via Silesian żeś

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Silesianżeś—

Words derived from “ktoś”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷós →Every word from Proto-Slavic kъto →Every word from Old Polish kto →