Where does “tesъ” come from?

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

tesъ (Proto-Slavic): timber

Definitions

  1. timber

Ancestry of “tesъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavictesatito hew
2Proto-Balto-Slavictéśteito hew
3Proto-Indo-Europeantetḱ-to create, produce; to cut, hew
4Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget

Words derived from “tesъ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European teḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tetḱ- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic téśtei →