Where does “slaidums” come from?
slaidums (Latvian) comes from Latvian slaids, from Latvian slaidus, from Proto-Balto-Slavic sleid-, from Proto-Indo-European sleidʰ- — slippery, to slide.
slaidums (Latvian): slenderness, slimness
Ancestry of “slaidums”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | slaids | lithe, slim, slender; slender, straight;... |
| 2 | Latvian | slaidus | accusative plural masculine form of slaids |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | sleid- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sleidʰ- | slippery, to slide |