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Where does “kázat” come from?

kázat (Czech) comes from Old Czech kázati, from Proto-Slavic kāzàti, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeǵ-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeḱ- — to see; to look.

kázat (Czech): to preach; to moralize, to lecture

Definitions

  1. to preach; to moralize, to lecture

Ancestry of “kázat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Czechkázati—
2Proto-Slavickāzàti—
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeǵ-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeḱ-to see; to look

Words derived from “kázat”

  • prokázat
  • zakázat
  • zakázaný
  • kazatel
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