Where does “slige” come from?

slige (Middle Irish) comes from Old Irish slige, from Old Irish sligid, from Celtic *sligeti, from Proto-Indo-European sleyǵ- — to glide, smooth, spread; to smear; to creep; to...

slige (Middle Irish): road, way, passage

Definitions

  1. road, way, passage

Ancestry of “slige”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishsligecomb
2Old Irishsligidto strike down, fell
3Celtic*sligeti—
4Proto-Indo-Europeansleyǵ-to glide, smooth, spread; to smear; to creep; to...

Words derived from “slige”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sleyǵ- →Every word from Celtic *sligeti →Every word from Old Irish sligid →
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