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

Definitions

  1. slenderness, slimness

Ancestry of “slaidums”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianslaidslithe, slim, slender; slender, straight;...
2Latvianslaidusaccusative plural masculine form of slaids
3Proto-Balto-Slavicsleid-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeansleidʰ-slippery, to slide
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sleidʰ- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic sleid- →Every word from Latvian slaidus →