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Where does “нацелить” come from?

нацелить (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.

Ancestry of “нацелить”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianце́лить—
2Russianцельgoal, target, aim, end, object; purpose;...
3Polishcelgoal, aim, objective; target; destination
4Old Polishcel—
5Czechcílgoal, objective
6Middle High Germanzil—
7Old High Germanzil—
8Proto-Germanictilto, towards; to, toward
9Proto-Germanictiląplanned point in time
10Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₂y-to share, divide
11Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₂-to share, divide

Words derived from “нацелить”

  • нацелиться
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