Where does “зростаючий” come from?

зростаючий (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian зроста́ти, from Ukrainian зрости́, from Ukrainian з-, from Ukrainian леті́ти, from Old East Slavic летѣти, from Proto-Slavic letěti, from Proto-Indo-European lēk- — string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of...

Ancestry of “зростаючий”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianзроста́тиto grow
2Ukrainianзрости́to grow
3Ukrainianз-attached to imperfective verbs to form the perfective aspect
4Ukrainianлеті́тиto fly
5Old East Slavicлетѣти—
6Proto-Slavicletětito fly
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlēk-string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of...
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