Where does “завидѣти” come from?

завидѣти (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Old Church Slavonic видѣти, from Proto-Slavic viděti, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

завидѣти (Old Church Slavonic): to envy

Definitions

  1. to envy

Ancestry of “завидѣти”, step by step

завидѣти traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Church Slavonic видѣти

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicвидѣтиsee; to behold
2Proto-Slavicvidětito see
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

via Old Church Slavonic за

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicза—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Slavic viděti →Every word from Old Church Slavonic видѣти →