Where does “потѧгнѫти” come from?

потѧгнѫти (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic tęgnǫti, from Proto-Indo-European tengʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

потѧгнѫти (Old Church Slavonic): to drag, to pull (someone)

Definitions

  1. to drag, to pull (someone)

Ancestry of “потѧгнѫти”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavictęgnǫtito pull
2Proto-Indo-Europeantengʰ-to pull; to be heavy, difficult
3Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tengʰ- →Every word from Proto-Slavic tęgnǫti →