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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Traditionally derived by Pokorny from an s-extension of Proto-Indo-European *gʰel-, *ǵʰel- (“to shine, shimmer, glow”).[1] Kroonen prefers to derive the term from an s-stem of *glōaną (“to glow”), which is likely ultimately from the same root.[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
*glasą n
- amber, glass
Inflection
The plural has the voiced Verner alternant, from an old Indo-European collective noun.
neuter a-stemDeclension of *glasą (neuter a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*glasą
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*glazō
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vocative
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*glasą
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*glazō
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accusative
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*glasą
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*glazō
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genitive
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*glasas, *glasis
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*glazǫ̂
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dative
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*glasai
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*glazamaz
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instrumental
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*glasō
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*glazamiz
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Alternative reconstrucions
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *glas, *glaʀ
- Old Norse: gler (< leveled *glazą)
References
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “ghlend-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 432-433
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*glasa- ~ *glaza-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 180