Etymograph

English

glide

Glide comes from Middle English gliden ‘to glide’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *gʰleydʰ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰleydʰ-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*glīdaną‘to glide’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*glīdan‘to glide, slide’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150glīdan‘to glide’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gliden‘to glide’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1807glide

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰleydʰ-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*glīdaną‘to glide’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*glīdan‘to glide, slide’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150glīdan‘to glide’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gliden‘to glide’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1807glide

Earliest quotation: 1807, William Wordsworth, Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802 (Sonnet : “The river glideth at his own sweet will”.

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *gʰleydʰ-

Today it means

verb To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʰleydʰ- / glide

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