Where does “cesa” come from?
cesa (Lower Sorbian) comes from Lower Sorbian cesaś, from Proto-Slavic česati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic késtei, from Proto-Indo-European kes- — to scrape, comb.
cesa (Lower Sorbian): third-person singular present of cesaś
Definitions
- third-person singular present of cesaś
Ancestry of “cesa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Lower Sorbian | cesaś | to comb |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | česati | to scratch; to comb |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | késtei | to comb |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kes- | to scrape, comb |