Where does “कदाचित्” come from?

कदाचित् (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit चिद्, from Proto-Indo-European kʷíd, from Proto-Indo-European kʷís, from Proto-Indo-European kʷi- — interrogative base.

कदाचित् (Sanskrit): probably

Definitions

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Ancestry of “कदाचित्”, step by step

कदाचित् traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit चिद्

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Sanskrit	चिद्	at all; even; indeed; also (often merely laying stress on a preceding word)
2	Proto-Indo-European	kʷíd	neuter nominative/accusative singular of *kʷís
3	Proto-Indo-European	kʷís	who, what; who, which, that; which, what
4	Proto-Indo-European	kʷi-	interrogative base

via Sanskrit कदा

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Sanskrit	कदा	when, at what time?; someday, one day; how?
2	Japanese	か	final interrogative particle, similar to a...
3	Japanese	いつか	sometime, at some point

Words derived from “कदाचित्”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷís →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷíd →