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Where does “тис” come from?

тис (Bulgarian) comes from Proto-Slavic tisъ, from Proto-Indo-European taḱs-.

тис (Bulgarian): yew, yew tree

Definitions

  1. yew, yew tree

Ancestry of “тис”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavictisъyew
2Proto-Indo-Europeantaḱs-—
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