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
Ancestry of “tesati”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Slavic | tesàti | to hew |
| 2 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | téśtei | to hew |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | tetḱ- | to create, produce; to cut, hew |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | teḱ- | to sire, beget |