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Where does “це́лить” come from?

це́лить (Russian) comes from Russian цель, from Polish cel, from Old Polish cel, from Czech cíl, from Middle High German zil, from Old High German zil, from Proto-Germanic til, from Proto-Germanic tilą — to share, divide.

Ancestry of “це́лить”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianцельgoal, target, aim, end, object; purpose;...
2Polishcelgoal, aim, objective; target; destination
3Old Polishcel—
4Czechcílgoal, objective
5Middle High Germanzil—
6Old High Germanzil—
7Proto-Germanictilto, towards; to, toward
8Proto-Germanictiląplanned point in time
9Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₂y-to share, divide
10Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₂-to share, divide

Words derived from “це́лить”

  • нацелить
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