- slaod
- drag, trail, Irish slaodaim, draw after, slide, slaod, a raft, float, Early Irish sláet, a slide: *sloiddo-, Celtic root sleid, slid; Welsh litthro, English slide, Anglo-Saxon slídan, German schlitten, slide, sledge (n.); Lithuanian slidùs, smooth, Greek $$Go$$'liscanw, *slid-d-. Stokes explains the d of slaod as for dd, from -dnó-: *slaidh-nó-.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.