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Where does “тека” come from?

тека (Bulgarian) comes from Old Church Slavonic тещи, from Proto-Slavic teťi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic tektej, from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- — to run, to flow.

тека (Bulgarian): to flow, to run, to gutter; to leak, to ooze, to...

Definitions

  1. to flow, to run, to gutter; to leak, to ooze, to...

Ancestry of “тека”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicтещиto flow
2Proto-Slavicteťito flow, run
3Proto-Balto-Slavictektej—
4Proto-Indo-Europeantekʷ-to run, to flow
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