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 (from, of), to recover (from)

Definitions

  1. to exact (from, of), to recover (from)

Ancestry of “взыскивать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianвзыска́тьto exact (from, of), to recover (from)
2Russianвз-upwards, up; returning, re-
3Proto-Slavicvъz-up; back
4Proto-Balto-Slavicuźon, at; in return for
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic uź →Every word from Proto-Slavic vъz- →Every word from Russian вз- →