Where does “pohledávat” come from?

pohledávat (Czech) comes from Czech pohledět, from Czech hledět, from Old Czech hleděti, from Proto-Slavic ględěti — to look at, to watch.

pohledávat (Czech): to stay somewhere for the purpose of searching

Definitions

  1. to stay somewhere for the purpose of searching

Ancestry of “pohledávat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechpohledětto look, to glance, to give sb a look
2Czechhledětto look; to mind, to heed
3Old Czechhledětito look, to watch
4Proto-Slavicględětito look at, to watch
Every word from Proto-Slavic ględěti →Every word from Old Czech hleděti →Every word from Czech hledět →