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Where does “бачити” come from?

бачити (Ukrainian) comes from Old East Slavic ба́чити, from Polish baczyć, from Old Polish obaczyć, from Proto-Slavic obačiti, from Proto-Slavic ačiti.

бачити (Ukrainian): to see; to have the faculty of eyesight

Definitions

  1. to see; to have the faculty of eyesight

Ancestry of “бачити”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Slavicба́чити—
2Polishbaczyćto look, to pay attention
3Old Polishobaczyć—
4Proto-Slavicobačiti—
5Proto-Slavicačiti—
Every word from Proto-Slavic ačiti →