English
slidy
From slide + -y.
Formed from slide + -y
Proto-Indo-European *h₃sleydʰ- ‘to slip, slide’
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Proto-Germanic *slīdaną ‘to slide, to slip’
Proto-West Germanic *slīdan ‘to slide, to slip’
Old English slīdan ‘to slide’
Middle English sliden ‘to slide then fall’
English slide
Today it means
adj Allowing or conducive to sliding; slippery.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “slidy”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / slidy