Where does “залечь” come from?
залечь (Russian) comes from Russian лечь, from Old East Slavic лечи, from Proto-Slavic leťi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic legtei, from Indo-European *légʰeti, from Indo-European legʰ-.
залечь (Russian): to lie; to lie in hiding; to drop flat
Definitions
- to lie; to lie in hiding; to drop flat
Ancestry of “залечь”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | лечь | to lie down; to fall, to cover; to flow |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | лечи | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | leťi | to lie, lie down |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | legtei | to lie , lie down |
| 5 | Indo-European | *légʰeti | — |
| 6 | Indo-European | legʰ- | — |