Where does “ниоткуда” come from?

ниоткуда (Russian) comes from Russian ни, from Old East Slavic ни, from Proto-Slavic ni, from Proto-Indo-European nēy, from Proto-Slavic kogъda, from Proto-Slavic gъda.

ниоткуда (Russian): from nowhere

Definitions

  1. from nowhere

Ancestry of “ниоткуда”, step by step

ниоткуда traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian ни

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianниneither, nor; not a; whatever, however
2Old East Slavicниnor, neither
3Proto-Slavicnineither, nor; not even
4Proto-Indo-Europeannēy—
5Proto-Slavickogъdawhen
6Proto-Slavicgъda—

via Russian отку́да

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianотку́даwhence, from where
2Russianкуда́(to) where?
3Old East Slavicкѫдаwhere, whither
4Proto-Slavickǫdawhere, whither
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷom-dʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Slavic gъda →Every word from Proto-Slavic kogъda →Every word from Proto-Indo-European nēy →