Where does “заказати” come from?

заказати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian ка́зати, from Proto-Slavic kāzàti, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeǵ-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeḱ- — to see; to look.

заказати (Serbo-Croatian): to schedule, call or arrange (meeting, conference or an event at a certain place and time)

Definitions

  1. to schedule, call or arrange (meeting, conference or an event at a certain place and time)

Ancestry of “заказати”, step by step

заказати traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian ка́зати

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianка́затиto say
2Proto-Slavickāzàtito show
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeǵ-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeḱ-to see; to look

via Serbo-Croatian за

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianзаfor; behind, in back of, at; during
2Proto-Slaviczabehind, after (stationary)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeǵ- →Every word from Proto-Slavic kāzàti →