Where does “токъ” come from?

токъ (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic tokъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic takas, from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- — to run, to flow.

токъ (Old Church Slavonic): stream

Definitions

  1. stream

Ancestry of “токъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavictokъcurrent, course, stream
2Proto-Balto-Slavictakas—
3Proto-Indo-Europeantekʷ-to run, to flow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic takas →Every word from Proto-Slavic tokъ →