Where does “glier” come from?

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

glier (Old French): to slip, slide, glide

Definitions

  1. to slip, slide, glide

Ancestry of “glier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankishglīdanto slide, glide; to glide, to slide
2Proto-Germanicglīdanąto glide; slide
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰleydʰ-to glide
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰleydʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic glīdaną →Every word from Frankish glīdan →
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