Where does “недолюдок” come from?

недолюдок (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian недо-, from Ukrainian не-, 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...

недолюдок (Ukrainian): beast, fiend, inhuman creature, savage

Definitions

  1. beast, fiend, inhuman creature, savage

Ancestry of “недолюдок”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianнедо-under
2Ukrainianне-not; un-
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...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lēk- →Every word from Ukrainian не- →Every word from Proto-Slavic letěti →