Where does “glenchen” come from?

glenchen (Middle English) comes from Old French glacier, from Frankish glīdan, from Proto-Germanic glīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰleydʰ- — to glide.

glenchen (Middle English): (of a weapon) to glance, graze

Definitions

  1. (of a weapon) to glance, graze

Ancestry of “glenchen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchglacierto slip, make slippery; to slip, slide
2Frankishglīdanto slide, glide; to glide, to slide
3Proto-Germanicglīdanąto glide; slide
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰleydʰ-to glide

Words derived from “glenchen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰleydʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic glīdaną →Every word from Frankish glīdan →