Where does “gliden” come from?

gliden (Middle English) comes from Old English glīdan, from Proto-West Germanic glīdan, from Proto-Germanic glīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰleydʰ- — to glide.

gliden (Middle English): to glide

Definitions

  1. to glide

Ancestry of “gliden”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishglīdanto glide
2Proto-West Germanicglīdanto glide, to slide
3Proto-Germanicglīdanąto glide; slide
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰleydʰ-to glide

Words derived from “gliden”

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