Where does “glide” come from?
glide (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Middle Low German glīden, from Old Saxon glīdan, from Proto-West Germanic glīdan, from Proto-Germanic glīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰleydʰ- — to glide.
glide (Norwegian Nynorsk): to slip; to glide
Ancestry of “glide”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | glīden | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | glīdan | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | glīdan | to glide, to slide |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | glīdaną | to glide; slide |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰleydʰ- | to glide |
Words derived from “glide”