Where does “вычисление” come from?
вычисление (Russian) comes from Russian вы́числить, from Russian чи́слить, from Russian число́, from Old East Slavic число, from Proto-Slavic čislo, from Proto-Slavic čisti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic (s)keistéi, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷéyt-t ~ *(s)kit-ént — to notice; to read.
вычисление (Russian): calculation, computation, calculating, computing, reckoning (the act or process of computing)
Definitions
- calculation, computation, calculating, computing, reckoning (the act or process of computing)
Ancestry of “вычисление”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | вы́числить | to compute |
| 2 | Russian | чи́слить | to count |
| 3 | Russian | число́ | number; count; number |
| 4 | Old East Slavic | число | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | čislo | number |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | čisti | to read; to honour |
| 7 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | (s)keistéi | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *(s)kʷéyt-t ~ *(s)kit-ént | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeyt- | to notice; to read |