Where does “letištní” come from?
letištní (Czech) comes from Czech letiště, from Czech let, from Proto-Slavic *letъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic lekt-, from Proto-Indo-European lēk- — string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of...
letištní (Czech): airport
Ancestry of “letištní”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Czech | letiště | airport |
| 2 | Czech | let | flight; genitive plural of léto |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | *letъ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | lekt- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | lēk- | string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of... |