Where does “lakeť” come from?

lakeť (Slovak) comes from Proto-Slavic olkъtь, from Proto-Indo-European Heh₃l- — to bow, to bend; elbow.

lakeť (Slovak): elbow; a unit of measurement: 0.779 m

Definitions

  1. elbow; a unit of measurement: 0.779 m

Ancestry of “lakeť”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicolkъtьelbow
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanHeh₃l-to bow, to bend; elbow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Heh₃l- →Every word from Proto-Slavic olkъtь →