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

вертолёт traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian лете́ть

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

via Russian верте́ть

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianверте́тьto turn, to twist
2Proto-Slavicvьrtě̀tito turn; turn; to rotate

Words derived from “вертолёт”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lēk- →Every word from Proto-Slavic letěti →Every word from Old East Slavic летѣти →