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Where does “наказа́ть” come from?

наказа́ть (Russian) comes from Russian каза́ть, from Proto-Slavic kāzàti, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeǵ-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeḱ- — to see; to look.

Ancestry of “наказа́ть”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianказа́ть—
2Proto-Slavickāzàti—
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeǵ-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeḱ-to see; to look

Words derived from “наказа́ть”

  • наказаться
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