Where does “teke” come from?

teke (Estonian) comes from Estonian tekkima, from Estonian tegema, from Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

teke (Estonian): creation, origin, birth

Definitions

  1. creation, origin, birth

Ancestry of “teke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniantekkimato arise, to form, to emerge, to come into being,...
2Estoniantegemato do
3Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
4Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Uralic teke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic tektäk →