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Where does “algliti” come from?

algliti (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto gliti, from German gleiten, from Middle High German glīten, from Old High German glītan, from Proto-Germanic glīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰleydʰ- — to glide.

algliti (Esperanto): to slide or glide up to, toward

Definitions

  1. to slide or glide up to, toward

Ancestry of “algliti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoglitito slide; to glide; to skate
2Germangleitento glide; to float; to move effortlessly; to...
3Middle High Germanglīten—
4Old High Germanglītan—
5Proto-Germanicglīdanąto glide; slide
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰleydʰ-to glide
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