Where does “ištekėti” come from?
ištekėti (Lithuanian) comes from Lithuanian tekėti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic tek-, from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- — to run, to flow.
ištekėti (Lithuanian): to marry
Ancestry of “ištekėti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Lithuanian | tekėti | to flow; to rise; to marry |
| 2 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | tek- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | tekʷ- | to run, to flow |