Where does “каковой” come from?
каковой (Russian) comes from Russian как, from Old East Slavic како, from Proto-Slavic kako, from Proto-Slavic kakъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kōkos.
каковой (Russian): which; such as; what sort of?
Definitions
- which; such as; what sort of?
Ancestry of “каковой”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | как | how; what; as, however much |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | како | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | kako | how, in which way |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | kakъ | of what/which kind |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *kōkos | — |