Where does “afglijden” come from?

afglijden (Dutch) comes from Dutch glijden, from Middle Dutch gliden, from Old Dutch glīdan, from Proto-West Germanic glīdan, from Proto-Germanic glīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰleydʰ- — to glide.

afglijden (Dutch): to slide down

Definitions

  1. to slide down

Ancestry of “afglijden”, step by step

afglijden traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch glijden

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchglijdento slide; to lapse
2Middle Dutchglidento slide, to slip
3Old Dutchglīdanto slide
4Proto-West Germanicglīdanto glide, to slide
5Proto-Germanicglīdanąto glide; slide
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰleydʰ-to glide

via Dutch af

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchafoff; off, from; finished, done
2Middle Dutchafoff, out, away; of, about
3Old Dutchaf—
4Proto-Germanicabaway from; away
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂epofrom, off, back; off, away; off, from
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰleydʰ- →