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Where does “долететь” come from?

долететь (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...

долететь (Russian): to fly , to reach; to reach

Definitions

  1. to fly , to reach; to reach

Ancestry of “долететь”, step by step

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