Where does “letoun” come from?

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

letoun (Czech): airplane; bat

Definitions

  1. airplane; bat

Ancestry of “letoun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechletětto fly; to be in fashion
2Proto-Slavicletětito fly
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlēk-string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lēk- →Every word from Proto-Slavic letěti →Every word from Czech letět →
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