Where does “лещи” come from?

лещи (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic leťi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic legtei, from Indo-European *légʰeti, from Indo-European legʰ-.

лещи (Old Church Slavonic): to lie down

Definitions

  1. to lie down

Ancestry of “лещи”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicleťito lie, lie down
2Proto-Balto-Slaviclegteito lie (be in a resting position), lie down
3Indo-European*légʰeti—
4Indo-Europeanlegʰ-—
Every word from Indo-European legʰ- →Every word from Indo-European *légʰeti →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic legtei →