Where does “tesloi” come from?

tesloi (Romanian) comes from Romanian teslă, from Old Church Slavonic тесла, from Proto-Slavic tesľa, from Proto-Indo-European tetḱ-dʰlo-, from Proto-Indo-European tetḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European teḱ- — to sire, beget.

Ancestry of “tesloi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianteslăadze
2Old Church Slavonicтесла—
3Proto-Slavictesľaadze
4Proto-Indo-Europeantetḱ-dʰlo-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeantetḱ-to create, produce; to cut, hew
6Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget
Every word from Proto-Indo-European teḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tetḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tetḱ-dʰlo- →