Where does “сказаць” come from?
сказаць (Belarusian) comes from Belarusian каза́ць, from Old East Slavic казати, from Proto-Slavic kāzàti, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeǵ-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeḱ- — to see; to look.
Ancestry of “сказаць”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Belarusian | каза́ць | — |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | казати | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | kāzàti | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeǵ- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeḱ- | to see; to look |