Where does “лете́ть” come from?

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

лете́ть (Russian): to fly

Definitions

  1. to fly

Ancestry of “лете́ть”, step by step

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

Words derived from “лете́ть”

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