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Proto-Germanic
Alternative reconstructions
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gʰlend-, related to Proto-Slavic *ględati.[2]
Pronunciation
Verb
*glintaną[2]
- to shine
- to look
Inflection
Descendants
References
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ʒlentēnan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 136
- ↑ 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