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Where does “летѣти” come from?

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

Ancestry of “летѣти”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicletětito fly
2Proto-Indo-Europeanlēk-string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of...

Words derived from “летѣти”

  • лететь
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