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Where does “teći” come from?

teći (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic teťi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic tektej, from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- — to run, to flow.

teći (Serbo-Croatian): to flow, stream, pass, course, flux; to flow,...

Definitions

  1. to flow, stream, pass, course, flux; to flow,...

Ancestry of “teći”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicteťito flow, run
2Proto-Balto-Slavictektej—
3Proto-Indo-Europeantekʷ-to run, to flow

Words derived from “teći”

  • proteći
  • oteći
  • uteći
  • steći
  • zateći
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