Where does “нацелиться” come from?
нацелиться (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.
нацелиться (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 “нацелиться”, 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 |