Where does “пазувати” come from?

пазувати (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian паз, from Old East Slavic пазъ, from Proto-Slavic pazъ, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- — to attach.

пазувати (Ukrainian): to groove, to mortise, to rabbet, to slot

Definitions

  1. to groove, to mortise, to rabbet, to slot

Ancestry of “пазувати”, step by step

пазувати traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ukrainian паз

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianпазrebate, rabbet, mortise, slot, groove
2Old East Slavicпазъ—
3Proto-Slavicpazъnotch, cleft
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ǵ-to attach

via Serbo-Croatian па̏зити

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianпа̏зитиto be careful, watch out
2Proto-Slavicpazitito oversee, to look after; to guard
3Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- →Every word from Proto-Slavic pazъ →Every word from Old East Slavic пазъ →