Where does “тети” come from?

тети (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic teťi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic tektej, from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- — to run, to flow.

тети (Old Church Slavonic): to beat, hit; to whip, flog

Definitions

  1. to beat, hit; to whip, flog

Ancestry of “тети”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicteťito flow, run
2Proto-Balto-Slavictektej—
3Proto-Indo-Europeantekʷ-to run, to flow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic tektej →Every word from Proto-Slavic teťi →