Where does “лакъть” come from?

лакъть (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic olkъtь, from Proto-Indo-European Heh₃l- — to bow, to bend; elbow.

лакъть (Old Church Slavonic): elbow

Definitions

  1. elbow

Ancestry of “лакъть”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicolkъtьelbow
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanHeh₃l-to bow, to bend; elbow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Heh₃l- →Every word from Proto-Slavic olkъtь →