Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA valley, a flat grassy area, a glade. · A hillside.
From Middle English slade (“low-lying ground, a valley; a flat grassy area, glade; hollows of clouds; a creek, stream; a channel”), from Old English slæd (“valley, glade”), from Proto-West Germanic *slad, from Proto-Germanic *sladą (“glen, valley”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *sladaną (“to glide, slip”) or Proto-Germanic *sladdaz (“to be slack, droop”). Compare Old Norse slóð (“track, trail”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
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- Inherited-form mentionsladeenm · low-lying ground, a valley; a flat grassy area, glade; hollows of clouds; a creek, stream; a channel
- Inherited-form mentionslædang · valley, glade
- Inherited-form mention*sladgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*sladągem-pro · glen, valley
- Derivation mention*sladanągem-pro · to glide, slip
- Cognate mention*sladdazgem-pro · to be slack, droop
- Cognate mentionslóðnon · track, trail
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