Where does “let” come from?

let (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian lètjeti, from Proto-Slavic letěti, from Proto-Indo-European lēk- — string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of...

let (Serbo-Croatian): flight

Definitions

  1. flight

Ancestry of “let”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianlètjetito fly (of birds etc., or in an aircraft)
2Proto-Slavicletětito fly
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlēk-string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of...

Words derived from “let”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lēk- →Every word from Proto-Slavic letěti →Every word from Serbo-Croatian lètjeti →
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