Where does “спазити” come from?
спазити (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian па̏зити, from Proto-Slavic paziti, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.
спазити (Serbo-Croatian): to notice, perceive, see
Ancestry of “спазити”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | па̏зити | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | paziti | to oversee, to look after; to guard |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |