Where does “किंचिद्” come from?

किंचिद् (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit किम्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan kás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kás, from Proto-Indo-European kʷós — who.

किंचिद् (Sanskrit): anything

Definitions

  1. anything

Ancestry of “किंचिद्”, step by step

किंचिद् traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit किम्

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritकिम्used as a particle of interrogation
2Proto-Indo-Aryankás—
3Proto-Indo-Iraniankáswho
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷóswho

via Sanskrit चिद्

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritचिद्at all; even; indeed; also (often merely laying stress on a preceding word)
2Proto-Indo-Europeankʷídneuter nominative/accusative singular of *kʷís
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷíswho, what; who, which, that; which, what
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷi-interrogative base

Words derived from “किंचिद्”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷós →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian kás →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan kás →