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Where does “указати” come from?

указати (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Old Church Slavonic казати, from Proto-Slavic kāzàti, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeǵ-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeḱ- — to see; to look.

указати (Old Church Slavonic): to show, decree

Definitions

  1. to show, decree

Ancestry of “указати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicказатиshow; teach, instruct; punish
2Proto-Slavickāzàti—
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeǵ-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeḱ-to see; to look

Words derived from “указати”

  • ukase
  • ука́з
  • ukase
  • Ukas
  • oekaze
  • ukáz
  • указать
  • указъ
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