Where does “каза́ць” come from?

каза́ць (Belarusian) comes from Old East Slavic казати, from Proto-Slavic kāzàti, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeǵ-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeḱ- — to see; to look.

каза́ць (Belarusian): to say

Definitions

  1. to say

Ancestry of “каза́ць”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Slavicказати—
2Proto-Slavickāzàtito show
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeǵ-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeḱ-to see; to look

Words derived from “каза́ць”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeǵ- →Every word from Proto-Slavic kāzàti →