Where does “tesák” come from?
tesák (Czech) comes from Czech tesat, from Old Czech tesati, from Proto-Slavic tesàti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic téśtei, from Proto-Indo-European tetḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European teḱ- — to sire, beget.
tesák (Czech): hunter’s knife; fang
Ancestry of “tesák”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Czech | tesat | — |
| 2 | Old Czech | tesati | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | tesàti | to hew |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | téśtei | to hew |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tetḱ- | to create, produce; to cut, hew |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | teḱ- | to sire, beget |