Where does “tek-” come from?

tek- (Proto-Balto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- — to run, to flow.

Ancestry of “tek-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeantekʷ-to run, to flow

Words derived from “tek-

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ-
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