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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/glidā
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *glidǭ; compare *glīdan.
Noun
*glidā f
- kite (bird of prey)[1]
Inflection
| ōn-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *glidā | |
| Genitive | *glidōn | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *glidā | *glidōn |
| Accusative | *glidōn | *glidōn |
| Genitive | *glidōn | *glidōnō |
| Dative | *glidōn | *glidōm, *glidum |
| Instrumental | *glidōn | *glidōm, *glidum |
Descendants
- 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
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