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Where does “slaidus” come from?

slaidus (Latvian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic sleid-, from Proto-Indo-European sleidʰ- — slippery, to slide.

slaidus (Latvian): accusative plural masculine form of slaids

Definitions

  1. accusative plural masculine form of slaids

Ancestry of “slaidus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavicsleid-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeansleidʰ-slippery, to slide

Words derived from “slaidus”

  • slaidpirkstainis
  • slaids
  • slaidums
  • slaidus
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sleidʰ- →