Where does “следование” come from?

следование (Russian) comes from Russian сле́довать, from Russian след, 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.

следование (Russian): movement

Definitions

  1. movement

Ancestry of “следование”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianсле́доватьto follow
2Russianследtrack; footprint, footstep; trace, sign
3Old East Slavicслѣдъtrace, track
4Proto-Slavicslědъtrack, trace
5Latvianslaidusaccusative plural masculine form of slaids
6Proto-Balto-Slavicsleid-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeansleidʰ-slippery, to slide
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sleidʰ- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic sleid- →Every word from Latvian slaidus →