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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *g(')hlās- (~ -ō-)
Meaning: brilliant
Germanic: *glōs=, *glōz-ō- vb.; *glás-a- n./*glaz-á- n.; *glēz=; *glōs-ō- vb.
Celtic: Gaul glastum Pflanzenname; Ir glass `grün, grau, blau'; Cymr glas `blau'; Bret glaz `grün'
Russ. meaning: блестящий
References: WP I 624 f
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Proto-Germanic: *glōs=, *glōzōn-; *glása-n/*glazá-n; *glēz=, *glōsōn- vb.
Meaning: glare; glass
IE etymology: IE etymology
Old Norse: gler n. `Glas'; glȫsa `glänzend m., verzieren'; elds-glōr n. `Feuerglanz'; NIsl glōra `schwache Schimmer'
Norwegian: gler `glatte Oberfläche, bes. von Eis'; dial. glōs `Anblick, Schauen, Fisch mit grossen Augen', glōsa `funkeln, leuchten, blicken, nach etwas sehen'; glora `scheinen, stieren'
Old Swedish: glar `Glas'
Swedish: glos-ögd `glotzäugig'; dial. glora `schwach scheinen'
Old English: glas, gles n. `Glas', glǟr `barnsteen, hars'
Middle English: glaren `glänzen'; glōren `anstieren'
English: glare; glass
Old Saxon: glaso `Grauschimmel'; glas, gles `Glas'; glēr `Harz'
Middle Dutch: glas n.; glaren; gloren `glimmen, anbrechen (vom Tag)'
Dutch: glas n.; zuidnl., vlam. glariën `glinsteren, schitteren'
Middle Low German: glaren `glänzen, glühen'; glār `Harz'; glas `Glas, Trinkgefäss, Stundenglas'
Low German: gloren `glühen, schwach leuchten'
Old High German: glas `Bernstein, Glas' (um 800)
Middle High German: glas st. n.; glast st. m. `Glanz'
German: Glas n.
Comments: Lat.-germ. glēsum `barnsteen'
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