Where does “тѧѕати” come from?

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

Ancestry of “тѧѕати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavictędzatipull, extract
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 tędzati →