Where does “vlek” come from?

vlek (Dutch) comes from Czech vléct, from Old Czech vléci, from Old Czech léci, from Proto-Slavic leťi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic legtei, from Indo-European *légʰeti, from Indo-European legʰ-.

vlek (Dutch): spot, stain, speck; area, region; hamlet

Definitions

  1. spot, stain, speck; area, region; hamlet

Ancestry of “vlek”, step by step

vlek traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Czech vléct

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechvléctto drag, to haul, to tow, to tug
2Old Czechvlécito drag, to haul, to tow, to tug
3Old Czechlécito lie down
4Proto-Slavicleťito lie, lie down
5Proto-Balto-Slaviclegteito lie (be in a resting position), lie down
6Indo-European*légʰeti—
7Indo-Europeanlegʰ-—

via Middle Dutch vleck

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchvleck—
2Old Dutchflec—
3Old Dutchflekko—
4Proto-Germanicflekka-spot; mark; blemish
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂k-to beat, strike; to strike, fast; to beat, hit,...

Words derived from “vlek”

Every word from Indo-European legʰ- →