Where does “Telciu” come from?

Telciu (Romanian) comes from Hungarian Telcs, from Old Church Slavonic тельць, from Old Church Slavonic -ьць, from Proto-Slavic -ьcь, from Lithuanian -ikas, from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos — -y, -ic.

Ancestry of “Telciu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HungarianTelcs—
2Old Church Slavonicтельцьcalf
3Old Church Slavonic-ьцьdiminutive, small
4Proto-Slavic-ьcьForms diminutives from nouns; Forms nouns from...
5Lithuanian-ikas—
6Proto-Indo-European-iḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “Telciu”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьcь →Every word from Lithuanian -ikas →