Where does “наце́ливать” come from?
наце́ливать (Russian) comes from Russian наце́лить, from Russian це́лить, from Russian цель, from Polish cel, from Old Polish cel, from Czech cíl, from Middle High German zil, from Old High German zil — to share, divide.
наце́ливать (Russian): to aim to point or direct a missile weapon
Definitions
- to aim to point or direct a missile weapon
Ancestry of “наце́ливать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | наце́лить | to aim, to point |
| 2 | Russian | це́лить | to aim (at) |
| 3 | Russian | цель | goal, target, aim, end, object; purpose;... |
| 4 | Polish | cel | goal, aim, objective; target; destination |
| 5 | Old Polish | cel | target |
| 6 | Czech | cíl | goal, objective |
| 7 | Middle High German | zil | — |
| 8 | Old High German | zil | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | til | to, towards; to, toward |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | tilą | planned point in time |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂y- | to share, divide |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂- | to share, divide |