Where does “let” come from?

let (Slovene) comes from Proto-Slavic *letъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic lekt-, from Proto-Indo-European lēk- — string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of...

let (Slovene): flight

Definitions

  1. flight

Ancestry of “let”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*letъflight
2Proto-Balto-Slaviclekt-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlēk-string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lēk- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic lekt- →Every word from Proto-Slavic *letъ →