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Where does “ска́зывать” come from?

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

ска́зывать (Russian): to tell, to say {{i|poetic}}

Definitions

  1. to tell, to say {{i|poetic}}

Ancestry of “ска́зывать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianсказа́ть—
2Russianказа́ть—
3Proto-Slavickāzàti—
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeǵ-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeḱ-to see; to look

Words derived from “ска́зывать”

  • сказываться
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