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Where does “fletë” come from?

fletë (Albanian) comes from Proto-Albanian awa-lekta, from Proto-Albanian awa-laka, from Proto-Indo-European lēk- — string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of...

fletë (Albanian): wing; battant , shutter; fin

Definitions

  1. wing; battant , shutter; fin

Ancestry of “fletë”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Albanianawa-lekta—
2Proto-Albanianawa-laka—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlēk-string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of...

Words derived from “fletë”

  • flatër
  • fletore
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