Where does “лѣтати” come from?

лѣтати (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic lětati, from Proto-Slavic letěti, from Proto-Indo-European lēk- — string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of...

лѣтати (Old Church Slavonic): to fly

Definitions

  1. to fly

Ancestry of “лѣтати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slaviclětati—
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 Proto-Slavic lětati →