Where does “якнайскоріше” come from?

якнайскоріше (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian як, from Old East Slavic ꙗко, from Proto-Slavic jako, from Proto-Slavic jakъ, from Proto-Slavic jь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic iś, from Old Polish ić, from Proto-Slavic jьti — to go.

якнайскоріше (Ukrainian): as soon as possible

Definitions

  1. as soon as possible

Ancestry of “якнайскоріше”, step by step

якнайскоріше traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ukrainian як

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianякhow
2Old East Slavicꙗкоhow?
3Proto-Slavicjakohow, in which way
4Proto-Slavicjakъof this kind; of what/which kind
5Proto-Slavicjьthis; he
6Proto-Balto-Slaviciśthis
7Old Polishićto go
8Proto-Slavicjьtito go
9Proto-Balto-Slaviceiteito go
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

via Ukrainian найскорі́ше

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianнайскорі́ше—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei →