Where does “тесёмка” come from?

тесёмка (Russian) comes from Russian -ка, from Proto-Slavic -ьka, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ikaʔ, from Proto-Indo-European -ikeh₂.

тесёмка (Russian): (small) ribbon, band, tape

Definitions

  1. (small) ribbon, band, tape

Ancestry of “тесёмка”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-каnow, just
2Proto-Slavic-ьka
3Proto-Balto-Slavic-ikaʔ
4Proto-Indo-European-ikeh₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ikeh₂Every word from Russian -каEvery word from Proto-Slavic -ьka
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