Where does “tečka” come from?
tečka (English) comes from Czech tečka, from Russian то́чка, from Proto-Slavic *tъčьka.
tečka (English): A dot diacritic
Ancestry of “tečka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Czech | tečka | dot, point, spot; period, full stop; tittle |
| 2 | Russian | то́чка | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | *tъčьka | — |