Where does “дѣтѣль” come from?
дѣтѣль (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Old Church Slavonic дѣти, from Proto-Slavic děti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic dḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.
дѣтѣль (Old Church Slavonic): act, action
Ancestry of “дѣтѣль”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Church Slavonic | дѣти | children; to do; to put, place |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | děti | to do; to put, to place; to thread, to pass... |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | dḗˀtei | to put, to place; to do |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |