Where does “ле́вый” come from?

ле́вый (Russian) comes from Old East Slavic лѣвъ, from Proto-Slavic lě̑vъ — left.

ле́вый (Russian): left, left-hand

Definitions

  1. left, left-hand

Ancestry of “ле́вый”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Slavicлѣвъleft, wrong, evil
2Proto-Slaviclě̑vъleft

Words derived from “ле́вый”

Every word from Proto-Slavic lě̑vъ →Every word from Old East Slavic лѣвъ →