Where does “подсказывать” come from?

подсказывать (Russian) comes from Russian подсказа́ть, from Russian сказа́ть, from Russian каза́ть, from Proto-Slavic kāzàti, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeǵ-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeḱ- — to see; to look.

подсказывать (Russian): to tell (to help by telling, often discreetly), to prompt (to), to suggest (to)

Definitions

  1. to tell (to help by telling, often discreetly), to prompt (to), to suggest (to)

Ancestry of “подсказывать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianподсказа́тьto tell (to help by telling, often discreetly), to prompt (to), to suggest (to)
2Russianсказа́тьto say, to tell
3Russianказа́тьto show
4Proto-Slavickāzàtito show
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeǵ-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeḱ-to see; to look
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeǵ- →Every word from Proto-Slavic kāzàti →