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