Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/glidā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *glidǭ; compare *glīdan.

Noun

*glidā f

1. kite (bird)

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, 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