Where does “расследовать” come from?

расследовать (Russian) comes from Russian сле́довать, from Russian след, from Old East Slavic слѣдъ, from Proto-Slavic slědъ, from Latvian slaidus, from Proto-Balto-Slavic sleid-, from Proto-Indo-European sleidʰ- — slippery, to slide.

расследовать (Russian): to investigate, to look (into), to hold an inquiry (into)

Definitions

  1. to investigate, to look (into), to hold an inquiry (into)

Ancestry of “расследовать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianсле́доватьto follow
2Russianследtrack; footprint, footstep; trace, sign
3Old East Slavicслѣдъtrace, track
4Proto-Slavicslědъtrack, trace
5Latvianslaidusaccusative plural masculine form of slaids
6Proto-Balto-Slavicsleid-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeansleidʰ-slippery, to slide

Words derived from “расследовать”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sleidʰ- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic sleid- →Every word from Latvian slaidus →