Where does “glîden” come from?

glîden (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon glīdan, from Proto-West Germanic glīdan, from Proto-Germanic glīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰleydʰ- — to glide.

Ancestry of “glîden”, step by step

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

Words derived from “glîden”

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