Etymology Explorer › English

Where does “gleed” come from?

gleed (English) comes from Middle English glede, from Old English glida, from Old English glidan, from Proto-West Germanic glīdan, from Proto-Germanic glīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰleydʰ- — to glide.

gleed (English): a glowing coal

Definitions

  1. a glowing coal

Ancestry of “gleed”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishglede—
2Old Englishglidakite
3Old Englishglidanto glide
4Proto-West Germanicglīdanto glide, to slide
5Proto-Germanicglīdanąto glide; slide
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰleydʰ-to glide
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰleydʰ- →