Where does “сле́довать” come from?

сле́довать (Russian) comes 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.

сле́довать (Russian): to follow

Definitions

  1. to follow

Ancestry of “сле́довать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianследtrack; footprint, footstep; trace, sign
2Old East Slavicслѣдъtrace, track
3Proto-Slavicslědъtrack, trace
4Latvianslaidusaccusative plural masculine form of slaids
5Proto-Balto-Slavicsleid-
6Proto-Indo-Europeansleidʰ-slippery, to slide

Words derived from “сле́довать

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