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This is an orthographic univerbation of the pronoun किम्(kim) and indeclinable particle चिद्(cid). Only the pronominal part declines (for example, with masculine singular कश्चिद्(kaścid) and masculine plural केचिद्(kecid)).
Descendants
Descendants show either partial collision with कोऽपि(koʼpi) (from किम्(kim) + अपि(api)) or reanalysis by compounding the descendant forms of किम्(kim) with the descendant forms of चिद्(cid). For example, this is why the Pali masculine singular is koci (from ko + ci) rather than *kacchi.
Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀓𑁄𑀘𑀺(koci), 𑀓𑁂𑀘𑀺(keci)(attested at Shāhbāzgaṛhī, Girnār, Mānsehrā), with traces of the original -śc- in 𑀓𑁂𑀙(keccha)(attested at Kālsī)
Prakrit: 𑀓𑁄𑀇(koi, m. sg. nom.), 𑀓𑀸𑀇(kāi, f. sg. nom.) (see there for further descendants)
Prakrit: 𑀓𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀇(kassaï, m. sg. gen.) (see there for further descendants)
References
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kiṃcid”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press