Where does “подлетать” come from?
подлетать (Russian) comes from Russian лета́ть, from Proto-Slavic lětati, from Proto-Slavic letěti, from Proto-Indo-European lēk- — string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of...
подлетать (Russian): to fly up , to approach; to run/rush up
Definitions
- to fly up , to approach; to run/rush up
Ancestry of “подлетать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | лета́ть | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | lětati | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | letěti | to fly |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | lēk- | string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of... |