Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/letъ

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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lekt-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lek- (jump, scuttle).

Noun

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*letъ m

  1. flight

Inflection

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*letъ/*letь(?)/*leto”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 14 (*labati – *lěteplъjь), Moscow: Nauka, page 150
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лете́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress