Where does “nikt” come from?

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

nikt (Polish): no one, nobody

Definitions

  1. no one, nobody

Ancestry of “nikt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishniktno one, nobody
2Proto-Slavicnikъtonobody
3Proto-Indo-EuropeankʷosSee *kʷis
4Proto-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 →