Where does “указать” come from?
указать (Russian) comes from Russian каза́ть, from Proto-Slavic kāzàti, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeǵ-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeḱ- — to see; to look.
Ancestry of “указать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | каза́ть | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | kāzàti | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeǵ- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeḱ- | to see; to look |
Words derived from “указать”