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Where does “tanč-” come from?

tanč- (Old Persian) comes from Proto-Indo-European tenk- — to be solid, firm; to be suitable; to succeed,...

Ancestry of “tanč-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeantenk-to be solid, firm; to be suitable; to succeed,...
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