Where does “нацеливаться” come from?
нацеливаться (Russian) comes from Russian наце́ливать, from Russian наце́лить, from Russian це́лить, from Russian цель, from Polish cel, from Old Polish cel, from Czech cíl, from Middle High German zil — to share, divide.
нацеливаться (Russian): to aim at, to target; to prepare to, to get ready...
Definitions
- to aim at, to target; to prepare to, to get ready...
Ancestry of “нацеливаться”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | наце́ливать | to aim to point or direct a missile weapon |
| 2 | Russian | наце́лить | to aim, to point |
| 3 | Russian | це́лить | to aim (at) |
| 4 | Russian | цель | goal, target, aim, end, object; purpose;... |
| 5 | Polish | cel | goal, aim, objective; target; destination |
| 6 | Old Polish | cel | target |
| 7 | Czech | cíl | goal, objective |
| 8 | Middle High German | zil | — |
| 9 | Old High German | zil | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | til | to, towards; to, toward |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | tilą | planned point in time |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂y- | to share, divide |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂- | to share, divide |