Where does “чешоуꙗ” come from?

чешоуꙗ (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic *češujà, from Proto-Slavic česàti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic késtei, from Proto-Indo-European kes- — to scrape, comb.

чешоуꙗ (Old Church Slavonic): scale (of fish, reptiles, etc.)

Definitions

  1. scale (of fish, reptiles, etc.)

Ancestry of “чешоуꙗ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*češujàscales
2Proto-Slavicčesàtito comb, to scratch; to scratch, to comb
3Proto-Balto-Slavickésteito comb
4Proto-Indo-Europeankes-to scrape, comb

Words derived from “чешоуꙗ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kes- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic késtei →Every word from Proto-Slavic česàti →