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

  1. third-person singular present of cesaś

Ancestry of “cesa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Sorbiancesaśto comb
2Proto-Slavicčesatito scratch; to comb
3Proto-Balto-Slavickésteito comb
4Proto-Indo-Europeankes-to scrape, comb
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kes- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic késtei →Every word from Proto-Slavic česati →
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