Where does “след” come from?

след (Russian) comes from Old East Slavic слѣдъ, from Proto-Slavic slědъ, from Latvian slaidus, from Proto-Balto-Slavic sleid-, from Proto-Indo-European sleidʰ- — slippery, to slide.

след (Russian): track; footprint, footstep; trace, sign

Definitions

  1. track; footprint, footstep; trace, sign

Ancestry of “след”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Slavicслѣдъtrace, track
2Proto-Slavicslědъtrack, trace
3Latvianslaidusaccusative plural masculine form of slaids
4Proto-Balto-Slavicsleid-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeansleidʰ-slippery, to slide

Words derived from “след”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sleidʰ- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic sleid- →Every word from Latvian slaidus →