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
Ancestry of “nikt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Polish | nikt | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | nikъto | nobody |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷos | See *kʷis |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷ- | The primary interrogative root |