Where does “видимый” come from?
видимый (Russian) comes from Proto-Slavic vidimъ, from Proto-Slavic viděti, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.
Ancestry of “видимый”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Slavic | vidimъ | visible |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | viděti | to see |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |