Where does “kъ” come from?

kъ (Proto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Slavic že, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ge, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe — Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact.

kъ (Proto-Slavic): who

Definitions

  1. who

Ancestry of “kъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicžeso that, since; "emphatic enclitic"
2Proto-Balto-Slavicge—
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵʰePostpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact

Words derived from “kъ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic ge →Every word from Proto-Slavic že →