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Where does “отку́да” come from?

отку́да (Russian) comes from Russian куда́, from Old East Slavic кѫда, from Proto-Slavic kǫda, from Proto-Indo-European kʷom-dʰ-.

Ancestry of “отку́да”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianкуда́—
2Old East Slavicкѫда—
3Proto-Slavickǫdawhere, whither
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷom-dʰ-—

Words derived from “отку́да”

  • ниоткуда
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