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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tekъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *tekas, from Proto-Indo-European *tekʷos, from *tekʷ- (“to run, flow”). Equivalent to *teťi (“to flow, run”) +‎ *-ъ.

Baltic cognates include Latvian tȩks m (“foot-path”), tȩka f (“foot-path”)

Indo-European cognates include Old Irish intech (“road”)

Noun

*tekъ m

  1. course

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: тёк (tjok)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: текъ (tekŭ)
    • Macedonian: тек (tek)
    • Slovene: tẹ̑k (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Polish: ciek
    • Slovak: tok the course of a river

References

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