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Where does “lidosta” come from?

lidosta (Latvian) comes from Latvian lidot, from Latvian list, from Proto-Balto-Slavic lid-ti, from Proto-Indo-European lēyd- — to leave, let; to let, leave; to let, subside.

lidosta (Latvian): airport, airfield

Definitions

  1. airport, airfield

Ancestry of “lidosta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianlidotto fly; to fly, to run; to fly, to spread
2Latvianlist—
3Proto-Balto-Slaviclid-ti—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlēyd-to leave, let; to let, leave; to let, subside
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lēyd- →