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

Definitions

  1. to marry

Ancestry of “ištekėti”, step by step

ištekėti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lithuanian tekėti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuaniantekėtito flow; to rise; to marry
2Proto-Balto-Slavictek-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeantekʷ-to run, to flow

via Lithuanian iš

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuanianišfrom, out of; through
2Proto-Indo-Europeaneḱsout of
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic tek- →Every word from Lithuanian tekėti →