one (out of several) · someone, somebody, anyone, anybody · (colloquial) (a) somebody (someone singular or notable, i.e., who stands apart from most others in importance, skill, merit, etc.)
köken: Univerbation of quelque (“some”) + un (“one”). Akin to Italian qualcuno.
köken: Inherited from Old Spanish alguien and the variations algui (c. 1260) and alguién (c. 16th c., but probably earlier). First attested in the form alguien in a 1247 document from San Esteban de Nogales. Two main etymologies have been suggested: * As a variant of alguno under the influence of, or conflated with, quien; probably originally being pronounced alguién (cf. Portuguese alguém, Galician…
köken: From Middle Dutch ieman, iemant, from Old Dutch ieman, *ioman. A compound of io (“always, ever”) + man (“man, person”), from Proto-West Germanic *aiw + *mann. Compare German jemand, Old English ǣġhwā.
köken: From late Old Swedish naghan, from earlier nokon, accusative of Old Swedish nokor, from Old Norse nǫkkurr, from Proto-Norse *ne-wait-ek-hwarjaʀ (literally, "not-know-I-who"). Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk nokon, Danish nogen, Faroese nakar, Icelandic nokkur, Norwegian Bokmål noen.
indeterminate personal pronoun; someone, somebody · indefinite personal pronoun; someone, somebody; anyone, anybody · pronoun referring to a person considered more important; someone, somebody
çekim: çoğul ktosie · tamlayan ktosia
eş: kto, ktokolwiek, reg. śl. kierysikej, reg. śl. kierysika, reg. śl. kierysi, tylko w konstrukcjach pytających któż
zıt: nikt
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷós Proto-Balto-Slavic *kas Proto-Indo-European *só Proto-Balto-Slavic *tas Proto-Slavic *tъ Proto-Slavic *to Proto-Slavic *kъto Old Polish kto Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ís Proto-Indo-European *ḱís Proto-Balto-Slavic *śís Proto-Slavic *sьder. Old Polish -ś Old Polish ktoś Polish ktoś Inherited from Old Polish ktoś.…
köken: Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑁄𑀇 m sg (koi, “someone, something”, nominative). See there for more. Cognate to Awadhi कोई (koī), Braj कोऊ (koū), Punjabi ਕੋਈ (koī), Gujarati કોઈ (koī), Marathi कुणी (kuṇī), Bengali কেউ (keu), Bhojpuri केऊ (kēū), Assamese কেও (keü), Sinhalese කොයි (koyi). Originally the masculine nominative singular form of a paradigm whose neuter form became कुछ (kuch) and genitive form…
köken: jo- (relative pronoun) + ku- (“who”). Originally an old compound of two pronominal stems, but is practically never considered a compound by speakers.
köken: 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”).…