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

  1. which; such as; what sort of?

Ancestry of “каковой”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianкакhow; what; as, however much
2Old East Slavicкакоhow, in which way
3Proto-Slavickakohow, in which way
4Proto-Slavickakъof what/which kind
5Proto-Balto-Slavic*kōkos—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kōkos →Every word from Proto-Slavic kakъ →Every word from Proto-Slavic kako →