Where does “лѧщи” come from?

лѧщи (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic lęťi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic lenk- — to bend.

лѧщи (Old Church Slavonic): to bend

Definitions

  1. to bend

Ancestry of “лѧщи”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slaviclęťito bend
2Proto-Balto-Slaviclenk-to bend
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic lenk- →Every word from Proto-Slavic lęťi →