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Where does “ти́скать” come from?

ти́скать (Russian) comes from Old East Slavic тискати, from Proto-Slavic tìskati — to press, squeeze.

Ancestry of “ти́скать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Slavicтискати—
2Proto-Slavictìskatito press, squeeze

Words derived from “ти́скать”

  • втискать
  • тиснуть
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