something (inanimate singular) · a little, a bit · somethings, some people (animate/inanimate plural (some))
köken: From Old Hindi कछु (kachu) undergoing metathesis, from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀺𑀁𑀘𑀺 (kiṃci); see there for more. Cognate with Bengali কিছু (kichu) and Punjabi ਕੁਝ (kujh). Originally the neuter nominative singular form of a paradigm whose masculine form became कोई (koī) and genitive form became किसी (kisī). See 𑀓𑁄𑀇 (koi) and 𑀓𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀇 (kassaï) for more.
köken: jo- (relative pronoun) + ku- (“who”). Originally an old compound of two pronominal stems, but is practically never considered a compound by speakers.
köken: Etymology tree Latin ali- Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷos Proto-Italic *kʷoi Latin quei Latin quī Latin aliquī From ali- (“some-”) + quī (“which”).
whoever, anyone · someone, someone else · one, a person
köken: From Proto-Vietic *ʔeː (“who”). Cognate with Tho [Cuối Chăm] ʔeː¹.
aile: ai ai, ai biểu, ai dè, ai đó, ai đời, ai nấy
Ai hỏi?
Ai (mà) biết.
Ai cũng được.
Etimoloji
From Old Danish nokær, nogher, noghen, from Old Norse nǫkkurr, cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk nokon and Swedish någon. Grammaticalization of the phrase Proto-Germanic *ne wait ek hwarjaz (“I don't know who = somebody”). For the expression, compare Old English nāthwylc (“somebody”) (from *ne wāt hwylċ), Middle High German neizwer (“somebody”) (from *ne weiz wer), Latin nescio quis (“somebody”).…