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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/glidǭ
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰleydʰ- (“to glide”); compare *glīdaną.
Noun
*glidǭ f
- kite (bird of prey)[1]
Inflection
| ōn-stemDeclension of *glidǭ (ōn-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *glidǭ | *glidōniz | |
| vocative | *glidǭ | *glidōniz | |
| accusative | *glidōnų | *glidōnunz | |
| genitive | *glidōniz | *glidōnǫ̂ | |
| dative | *glidōni | *glidōmaz | |
| instrumental | *glidōnē | *glidōmiz | |
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *glidā
- Old English: glida m
- Middle English: glede, glide
- English: glede, glead
- Scots: gled
- Middle English: glede, glide
- Old Frisian: *glide
- West Frisian: glee[2]
- Old Saxon: *glida
- Middle Low German: glede
- Old English: glida m
- Old Norse: gleða
- Icelandic: gleða
- Danish: glæde, gleje (dialectal)
- Swedish: glada
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*ʒliđōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 136
- “glee”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011