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Where does “вертолёт” come from?

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

вертолёт (Russian): helicopter

Definitions

  1. helicopter

Ancestry of “вертолёт”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianлете́тьto fly
2Old East Slavicлетѣти—
3Proto-Slavicletětito fly
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlēk-string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of...

Words derived from “вертолёт”

  • вертолётный
  • вертолет
  • vertolyot
  • vertolyot
  • вертолёт
  • wertolýot
  • vertolyot
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