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Where does “letět” come from?

letět (Czech) comes from Proto-Slavic letěti, from Proto-Indo-European lēk- — string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of...

letět (Czech): to fly; to be in fashion

Definitions

  1. to fly; to be in fashion

Ancestry of “letět”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicletětito fly
2Proto-Indo-Europeanlēk-string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of...

Words derived from “letět”

  • letištní
  • letiště
  • slet
  • letový
  • letadlo
  • odlet
  • let
  • letec
  • letkyně
  • dolet
  • letoun
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lēk- →