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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *lēt-
Meaning: heat (of animals)
Slavic: *lētь
Celtic: *lōto- > Ir lāth `Brunst der Tiere'; Cymr llawd `subatio'
Russ. meaning: течка (у животных)
References: WP II 428
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Vasmer's dictionary :

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Word: леть
Near etymology: II., ж. "течка", укр. лiть ж., лíтити "оплодотворять".
Further etymology: Родственно нов.-исл. lóðа -- нескл. прилаг. "страстный, находящийся в течке" (из *lōþan-), ср.-ирл. láth, род. п. laith "течка"; см. Бецценбергер у Стокса 238; Педерсен, Kelt. Gr. 1, 133, 184; Лиден, Мél. Реdеrsеn 91 и сл.; Бернекер 1, 714.
Pages: 2,489
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 1177
Root: leto-, lēti-, lēto-, lōto-
English meaning: heat
German meaning: `Brunst, Hitze, Zorn'
Material: Mcymr. aelet (*ad-let-) `Schmerz', llet-gynt ds., dehnstufig llit, tra-llit `Zorn', ncymr. llid m. ds., mit Abtönung llawd `Brunst' = mir. láth m. ds.; mcymr. aelawt `Lärm, Schmerz' = air. álad n. `Wunde' (*ad-lōto-), cymr. tra-llod `Lärm, Schmerz';

    klr. ĺit́ f. `Brunst', ĺityty `befruchten'.

References: WP. II 428, Ifor Williams Ét. Celt. 4, 391.
Pages: 680
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