Where does “prikaz” come from?

prikaz (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Czech přikázat, from Czech kázat, from Old Czech kázati, from Proto-Slavic kāzàti, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeǵ-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeḱ- — to see; to look.

prikaz (Serbo-Croatian): display, depiction, portrait; review, account;...

Definitions

  1. display, depiction, portrait; review, account;...

Ancestry of “prikaz”, step by step

prikaz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Czech přikázat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechpřikázatto command, to order
2Czechkázatto preach; to moralize, to lecture
3Old Czechkázatito show
4Proto-Slavickāzàtito show
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeǵ-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeḱ-to see; to look

via Serbo-Croatian prikázati

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianprikázatito describe, present
2Serbo-Croatianpri-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeǵ- →Every word from Proto-Slavic kāzàti →