Where does “glijden” come from?

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

glijden (Dutch): to slide; to lapse

Definitions

  1. to slide; to lapse

Ancestry of “glijden”, step by step

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

Words derived from “glijden”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰleydʰ- →