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Where does “tesľa” come from?

tesľa (Proto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European tetḱ-dʰlo-, from Proto-Indo-European tetḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European teḱ- — to sire, beget.

Ancestry of “tesľa”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tesľa”

  • Cieslak
  • Ciesla
  • Cieślak
  • Cieśla
  • cieśla
  • Cieślar
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