Where does “kŏzać” come from?

kŏzać (Silesian) comes from Polish kazać, from Proto-Slavic kāzàti, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeǵ-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeḱ- — to see; to look.

kŏzać (Silesian): to order, to tell, to command

Definitions

  1. to order, to tell, to command

Ancestry of “kŏzać”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishkazaćto order, to tell someone to do something
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 →