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), to approach

Definitions

  1. to fly up (to), to approach

Ancestry of “подлетать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianлета́тьto fly
2Proto-Slaviclětati—
3Proto-Slavicletětito fly
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlēk-string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lēk- →Every word from Proto-Slavic letěti →Every word from Proto-Slavic lětati →