Where does “glītan” come from?

glītan (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic glīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰleydʰ- — to glide.

glītan (Old High German): to glide

Definitions

  1. to glide

Ancestry of “glītan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicglīdanąto glide; slide
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰleydʰ-to glide

Words derived from “glītan”

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