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Where does “tok” come from?

tok (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic tokъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic takas, from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- — to run, to flow.

tok (Serbo-Croatian): flow; stream, current; flux

Definitions

  1. flow; stream, current; flux

Ancestry of “tok”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavictokъcurrent, course, stream
2Proto-Balto-Slavictakas—
3Proto-Indo-Europeantekʷ-to run, to flow

Words derived from “tok”

  • utok
  • otok
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- →