Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/glidǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰleydʰ- (“to glide”); compare *glīdaną.

Noun

*glidǭ f

1. kite (bird of prey)

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, glioda m
    • Middle English: glede, glide
      • English: glede, glead
      • Scots: gled, gleed
  • Old Frisian: *glide
    • West Frisian: glee
      • → Dutch: glee
  • Old Saxon: *glida
    • Middle Low German: glede
• Old Norse: gleða
  • Icelandic: gleða
  • Danish: glæde, gleje (dialectal)
  • Swedish: glada