Where does “polèteti” come from?
polèteti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian po, from Serbo-Croatian pol, from Ancient Greek πόλος, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
polèteti (Serbo-Croatian): to take off (of an aircraft)
Definitions
- to take off (of an aircraft)
Ancestry of “polèteti”, step by step
polèteti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Serbo-Croatian po
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | po | half; for; over, through, across, in, on |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | pol | pole; sex; gender |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πόλος | pivot, hinge, axis, pole; axis of the celestial... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
via Serbo-Croatian lèteti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | lèteti | to fly (of birds etc., or in an aircraft) |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | letěti | to fly |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | lēk- | string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of... |
Words derived from “polèteti”