sliden
Middle English
/ˈsliːdən/
verb
Definitions
- To slide; to propel oneself along a surface:
- To move, especially in a inconspicuous or noiseless way:
- (figurative) To enter into iniquity or immoral behaviour.
- (rare) To experience alteration or modification; to become different.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English slīdan (slide) inherited from Proto-Germanic *slīdaną (slide, glide) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *sléydʰeti.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*sléydʰeti
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- backslide English
- bluntslide English
- boardslide English
- catslide English
- downslide English
- hairslide English
- landslide English
- lipslide English
- microslide English
- midslide English
- mudslide English
- noseslide English
- outslide English
- overslide English
- rockslide English
- slide English
- slide-butt English
- slideable English
- slidegroat English
- slideout English
- slider English
- slideshow English
- slidest English
- slideth English
- slideware English
- slideway English
- slidewire English
- slidey English
- slidometer English
- slither English
- snowslide English
- tailslide English
- слайд Russian
- *sleydʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *sléydʰ-e-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *sléydʰeti Proto-Indo-European
- slide Portuguese
- *slīdaną Proto-Germanic
- スライド Japanese
- slidan Old English
- slīdan Old English
- स्रेधति Sanskrit
- sliding Middle English
- slajd Czech
- *sráydʰati Proto-Indo-Aryan