Where does “обтёсывать” come from?
обтёсывать (Russian) comes from Russian обтеса́ть, 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.
обтёсывать (Russian): to trim, to square, to hew, to sharpen
Definitions
- to trim, to square, to hew, to sharpen
Ancestry of “обтёсывать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | обтеса́ть | to trim, to square, to hew, to sharpen |
| 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 |