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Where does “вычислять” come from?

вычислять (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.

вычислять (Russian): to compute; to calculate; to evaluate, to weigh

Definitions

  1. to compute; to calculate; to evaluate, to weigh

Ancestry of “вычислять”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianвы́числить—
2Russianчи́слитьto count
3Russianчисло́number; count; number
4Old East Slavicчисло—
5Proto-Slavicčislonumber
6Proto-Slavicčistito read; to honour
7Proto-Balto-Slavic(s)keistéi—
8Proto-Indo-European*(s)kʷéyt-t ~ *(s)kit-ént—
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeyt-to notice; to read
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