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Where does “glida” come from?

glida (Swedish) comes from Middle Low German glīden, from Old Saxon glīdan, from Proto-West Germanic glīdan, from Proto-Germanic glīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰleydʰ- — to glide.

glida (Swedish): to glide, to slide under conditions of low...

Definitions

  1. to glide, to slide under conditions of low...

Ancestry of “glida”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanglīden—
2Old Saxonglīdan—
3Proto-West Germanicglīdanto glide, to slide
4Proto-Germanicglīdanąto glide; slide
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰleydʰ-to glide
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