Etymograph

English

Tecuci

Tecuci comes from Romanian Tecuci, from Bulgarian тека ‘to flow’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tekʷ-‘to run, to flow’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*tek-reconstructed
  3. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*teťi‘to flow, run’reconstructed
  4. Old Church Slavonicmodernтещиtešti‘to flow’
  5. Bulgarianmodernтека‘to flow’
  6. Romanianc. 1500–presentTecuci
  7. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tekʷ-‘to run, to flow’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*tek-reconstructed
  3. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*teťi‘to flow, run’reconstructed
  4. Old Church Slavonicmodernтещиtešti‘to flow’
  5. Bulgarianmodernтека‘to flow’
  6. Romanianc. 1500–presentTecuci
  7. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ- ‘to run, to flow’

tern, bostock, 4 more

Today it means

name A city in Galați County, Romania.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ- / Tecuci

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