Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/glēsijaną
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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From a formation related to either *glasą (“amber, glass”) or *gladaz (“shining, bright, glossy”) + *-janą (though both terms are suspected to trace back to the same ultimate root). See also Proto-West Germanic *glāʀōn (“to shine, glare”).[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
*glēsijaną
- (intransitive) to shine, glare
- (transitive) to shine, make shiny (like glass)
Inflection
Conjugation of *glēsijaną (weak class 1)
Descendants
References
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ʒlēsjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 136