Where does “прицеливаться” come from?
прицеливаться (Russian) comes from Russian прице́литься, 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.
прицеливаться (Russian): to aim, to take aim
Definitions
- to aim, to take aim
Ancestry of “прицеливаться”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | прице́литься | to aim, to take aim |
| 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 |