Where does “*lankás” come from?

*lankás (Proto-Balto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European lenk- — to bend.

*lankás (Proto-Balto-Slavic): bow

Definitions

  1. bow

Ancestry of “*lankás”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanlenk-to bend

Words derived from “*lankás”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lenk- →
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