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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

Definitions

  1. airport

Ancestry of “letištní”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechletištěairport
2Czechletflight; genitive plural of léto
3Proto-Slavic*letъ—
4Proto-Balto-Slaviclekt-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlēk-string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of...
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