Where does “затёсывать” come from?
затёсывать (Russian) comes from Russian затеса́ть, from Russian тесать, from Old East Slavic тесати, from Proto-Slavic tesàti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic téśtei, from Proto-Indo-European tetḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European teḱ- — to sire, beget.
затёсывать (Russian): to cut narrower, to sharpen, to hone (a log, board, stake, etc.)
Definitions
- to cut narrower, to sharpen, to hone (a log, board, stake, etc.)
Ancestry of “затёсывать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | затеса́ть | to cut narrower, to sharpen, to hone (a log, board, stake, etc.) |
| 2 | Russian | тесать | to hew with an axe, to make (something) by cutting with an axe |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | тесати | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | tesàti | to hew |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | téśtei | to hew |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tetḱ- | to create, produce; to cut, hew |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | teḱ- | to sire, beget |