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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)[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
    • Old Frisian: *glide
    • Old Saxon: *glida
  • Old Norse: gleða

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*ʒliđōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 136
  2. “glee”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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