Where does “взыскивать” come from?
взыскивать (Russian) comes from Russian взыска́ть, from Russian вз-, from Proto-Slavic vъz-, from Proto-Balto-Slavic uź — on, at; in return for.
взыскивать (Russian): to exact , to recover; to make answer
Definitions
- to exact , to recover; to make answer
Ancestry of “взыскивать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | взыска́ть | — |
| 2 | Russian | вз- | upwards, up; returning, re- |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | vъz- | up; back |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | uź | on, at; in return for |