Where does “поточок” come from?

поточок (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian текти́, from Old East Slavic течи, from Proto-Slavic teťi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic tektej, from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- — to run, to flow.

поточок (Ukrainian): streamlet

Definitions

  1. streamlet

Ancestry of “поточок”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianтекти́to flow, to run, to stream, to move
2Old East Slavicтечи—
3Proto-Slavicteťito flow, run
4Proto-Balto-Slavictektej—
5Proto-Indo-Europeantekʷ-to run, to flow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic tektej →Every word from Proto-Slavic teťi →