Where does “glīdan” come from?

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

glīdan (Old Saxon): to glide

Definitions

  1. to glide

Ancestry of “glīdan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “glīdan”

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