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Where does “пока́зывать” come from?

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

Ancestry of “пока́зывать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianпоказа́тьto show, to point
2Russianказа́ть—
3Proto-Slavickāzàti—
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeǵ-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeḱ-to see; to look

Words derived from “пока́зывать”

  • показываться
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