Where does “тесати” come from?

тесати (Old East Slavic) comes from Proto-Slavic tesàti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic téśtei, from Proto-Indo-European tetḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European teḱ- — to sire, beget.

Ancestry of “тесати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavictesàtito hew
2Proto-Balto-Slavictéśteito hew
3Proto-Indo-Europeantetḱ-to create, produce; to cut, hew
4Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget

Words derived from “тесати”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European teḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tetḱ- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic téśtei →