Where does “tecuceancă” come from?

tecuceancă (Romanian) comes from Romanian tecucean, from Romanian Tecuci, from Bulgarian тека, from Old Church Slavonic тещи, from Proto-Slavic teťi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic tektej, from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- — to run, to flow.

Ancestry of “tecuceancă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniantecuceaninhabitant of Tecuci
2RomanianTecucia Romanian city
3Bulgarianтекаto flow, to run, to gutter; to leak, to ooze, to...
4Old Church Slavonicтещиto flow
5Proto-Slavicteťito flow, run
6Proto-Balto-Slavictektej—
7Proto-Indo-Europeantekʷ-to run, to flow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic tektej →Every word from Proto-Slavic teťi →