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Where does “stok” come from?

stok (Polish) comes from Polish stoczyć, from Polish toczyć, from Proto-Slavic točiti, from Proto-Slavic tekti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic tektej, from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- — to run, to flow.

stok (Polish): slope

Definitions

  1. slope

Ancestry of “stok”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishstoczyć—
2Polishtoczyćto roll; to turn; to carry on, to conduct
3Proto-Slavictočitito cause to flow, run
4Proto-Slavictektito run, to flow
5Proto-Balto-Slavictektej—
6Proto-Indo-Europeantekʷ-to run, to flow

Words derived from “stok”

  • bialy
  • Białystok
  • ביאַלי
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