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Where does “казати” come from?

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

Ancestry of “казати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavickāzàti—
2Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeǵ-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeḱ-to see; to look

Words derived from “казати”

  • приказати
  • отказати
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