Where does “lotnieć” come from?

lotnieć (Polish) comes from Polish lotny, from Polish lot, from French Lot, from Middle French lot, from Old French loz, from Frankish lot, from Proto-Germanic hlutą, from Proto-Indo-European ḱlew- — to cover; to incline.

lotnieć (Polish): to float in the air

Definitions

  1. to float in the air

Ancestry of “lotnieć”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishlotnygaseous, ethereal; volatile; agile, nimble,...
2Polishlotflight
3FrenchLotshare (of inheritance)
4Middle Frenchlot—
5Old Frenchloz—
6Frankishlot—
7Proto-Germanichlutąlot, share; fate
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱlew-to hear
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline
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