Where does “tesati” come from?

tesati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic tesàti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic téśtei, from Proto-Indo-European tetḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European teḱ- — to sire, beget.

tesati (Serbo-Croatian): to hew; to trim; to cut

Definitions

  1. to hew; to trim; to cut

Ancestry of “tesati”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavictesàtito hew
2Proto-Balto-Slavictéśteito hew
3Proto-Indo-Europeantetḱ-to create, produce; to cut, hew
4Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget
Every word from Proto-Indo-European teḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tetḱ- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic téśtei →