Where does “ćežki” come from?

ćežki (Upper Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic tęžьkъ, from Lithuanian tingus, from Proto-Indo-European tengʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

ćežki (Upper Sorbian): heavy

Definitions

  1. heavy

Ancestry of “ćežki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavictęžьkъheavy
2Lithuaniantinguslazy
3Proto-Indo-Europeantengʰ-to pull; to be heavy, difficult
4Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tengʰ- →Every word from Lithuanian tingus →