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Where does “казати” come from?

казати (Ukrainian) comes from Old East Slavic казати, from Proto-Slavic kāzàti, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeǵ-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeḱ- — to see; to look.

казати (Ukrainian): to say, to tell; to command, to order; to...

Definitions

  1. to say, to tell; to command, to order; to...

Ancestry of “казати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Slavicказати—
2Proto-Slavickāzàti—
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeǵ-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeḱ-to see; to look
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