Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/glitrōną

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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

Possibly from either unattested *glitiz +‎ *-rōną,[1] from *ǵʰlid-í-s, or *glitraz +‎ *-ōną, from *ǵʰlid-ró-s, both from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰleyd-, from *ǵʰley- (to shine).

Verb

*glitrōną[1]

  1. to shine, glisten, glitter

Inflection

Descendants

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ʒlit(a)rōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 136