Where does “ete-” come from?
ete- (Proto-Finnic) comes from Serbo-Croatian tẹ́, from Proto-Slavic ta — inflection of *tъ:
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Ancestry of “ete-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | tẹ́ | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | ta | inflection of *tъ:
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