Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/glintaną

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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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰlend-, related to Proto-Slavic *ględati.[2]

Pronunciation

Verb

*glintaną[2]

  1. to shine
  2. to look

Inflection

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ʒlentēnan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 136
  2. 2.0 2.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*glintan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 181