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Where does “tesàti” come from?

tesàti (Proto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic téśtei, from Proto-Indo-European tetḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European teḱ- — to sire, beget.

tesàti (Proto-Slavic): to hew

Definitions

  1. to hew

Ancestry of “tesàti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavictéśteito hew
2Proto-Indo-Europeantetḱ-to create, produce; to cut, hew
3Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget

Words derived from “tesàti”

  • тесать
  • tesati
  • тесати
  • тесати
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