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

slaidus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Balto-Slavic sleid-

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

via Proto-Indo-European sleydʰ-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansleydʰ-to slip, slide; to be slippery, slick

Words derived from “slaidus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sleidʰ- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic sleid- →