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Where does “тис” come from?

тис (Russian) comes from Proto-Slavic tisъ, from Proto-Indo-European taḱs-.

тис (Russian): yew

Definitions

  1. yew

Ancestry of “тис”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavictisъyew
2Proto-Indo-Europeantaḱs-—
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