Proto-Indo-European

*h₃sleydʰ-

‘to slip, slide’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₃sleydʰ-.

9 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₃sleydʰ-, most familiar first.

• slide ← sliden ← slīdan ← *slīdan ← *slīdaną
• slender ← slendre ← esclendre ← slinder ← *slindraz
• sled ← sledde ← slede ← slido ← *slidô
• luge ← scludia ← sclodia ← *stludio
• slither ← slitheren ← slideren ← slidrian ← *slidrōn
• listhesis ← ὀλισθάνω ← *h₃sléydʰ-t ~ *h₃slidʰ-ént
• olisbos ← ὄλισβος ← ὀλισθάνω ← *h₃sléydʰ-t ~ *h₃slidʰ-ént
• olistolith ← ὀλισθάνω ← *h₃sléydʰ-t ~ *h₃slidʰ-ént
• slidder ← slider ← slidor ← *slidr ← *slidraz

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃sleydʰ-