Where does “куда” come from?
куда (Russian) comes from Old East Slavic кѫда, from Proto-Slavic kǫda, from Proto-Indo-European kʷom-dʰ-.
Ancestry of “куда”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old East Slavic | кѫда | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | kǫda | where, whither |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷom-dʰ- | — |
Words derived from “куда”