slider

Middle English

/ˈsliːdər/

adj

Definitions

Causing slips; having low friction; greasy or slithery.
Like a liquid, flowing, inviscid.
(rare) Untrustworthy, bound to slip.
(rare) Even; having a smoothened surface.

Etymology

Inherited from Old English slidor (slippery) inherited from Proto-Germanic *slidraz (slippery).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*slidraz

Gloss

slippery

Concept

Semantic Field

Sense perception

Ontological Category

Property

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

slidder English
sliddery English
slithery English
*slidʰ-ró-s Proto-Indo-European
*slidraz Proto-Germanic
sliderian Old English
slidor Old English
slideren Middle English
slidery Middle English
slidre Middle English