Etymology Explorer
› Old East Slavic
Where does “тѣснъ” come from?
тѣснъ (Old East Slavic) comes from Proto-Slavic těsnъ, from Proto-Slavic -nъ.
Ancestry of “тѣснъ”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Slavic
těsnъ
narrow
2
Proto-Slavic
-nъ
—
Words derived from “тѣснъ”
тесный
те́сный
тесноватый
теснить
втеснить
тесно
теснота
Every word from Proto-Slavic -nъ →
Every word from Proto-Slavic těsnъ →