Where does “отведывать” come from?
отведывать (Russian) comes from Russian отве́дать, from Russian ве́дать, from Proto-Slavic věděti, from Proto-Indo-European wóyde, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.
отведывать (Russian): to try, to taste
Ancestry of “отведывать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | отве́дать | — |
| 2 | Russian | ве́дать | to know, to be in charge |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | věděti | to know; to foresee |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |