Where does “tegu” come from?

tegu (Livonian) comes from Proto-Finnic teko, from Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

tegu (Livonian): deed

Definitions

  1. deed

Ancestry of “tegu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnictekoact, deed
2Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
3Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
4Proto-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 →