Where does “отказати” come from?

отказати (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.

отказати (Serbo-Croatian): to cancel, call off; to break down, stop working;...

Definitions

  1. to cancel, call off; to break down, stop working;...

Ancestry of “отказати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianка́затиto say
2Proto-Slavickāzàtito show
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeǵ-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeḱ-to see; to look
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeǵ- →Every word from Proto-Slavic kāzàti →