Old English glæd

← German glatt (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *gladaz (inherited)

← Old High German glat (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-European *gʰladh- (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European *g̑ʰel- (derived)

← Old Norse glaðr (cognate)

← Old Saxon glad (cognate)

← Swedish glad (cognate)

→ English glad (derived)

→ English glade (inherited)

→ English gladder (mention)

→ Old English glædmann (affix)

→ Old English glædlice (affix)

→ Middle English glad (inherited)

→ Middle English glade (inherited)

→ Old Norse glaðr (cognate)

→ Scots gled (inherited)

→ Yola glaude (inherited)