Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *gʷVlaḥ- (?)

Meaning: be bald

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *gʷVlaḥ- 'make bald' 1, 'become bald' 2, 'be shaved' 3

Beḍauye (Beja): gʷɔlʔa 'baldness' (<Eth.?)

Central Cushitic (Agaw): *gwalh- 'be bald' (<Eth.?)

Low East Cushitic: *gVlaḥ- 'bald spot, baldness' (<Eth.?)

Notes: Only Sem. if the Cush. forms are from Eth.

Semitic etymology :

Number: 150

Proto-Semitic: *gʷVlaḥ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'make bald' 1, 'become bald' 2, 'be shaved' 3

Hebrew: glḥ 1

Arabic: glḥ [-a-] 2

Geʕez (Ethiopian): gʷalḥa 3

Bedauye (Beja) etymology :

Bedauye: gʷɔlʔa

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'baldness'

Notes: <Eth?

Central Cushitic (Agaw) etymology :

Proto-Agaw: *gwalh-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'be bald'

Bilin: gʷalh-ay-

Notes: <Eth?

Low East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-Low East Cushitic: *gVlaḥ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'bald spot, baldness'

Somali: gɔlaḥ, galaḥi

Notes: <Eth?

Long-range etymologies :

Borean (approx.) : KVLV

Meaning : smooth

Eurasiatic : *gVlV

Afroasiatic : *gʷVlaḥ- (?)

African (misc.) : Cf. Bantu *-kúduŋg- "make smooth and round".

Reference : ND 626; Guthrie 1677.

Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *gVlV

Meaning: be smooth

Borean: Borean

Indo-European: *ghlādh-

Uralic: *kilV (*külV)

Kartvelian: *gl-

References: ND 626 *gUḷ[E]ħu 'be smooth' (distinguished from *giɫħu 'glittering').

Indo-European etymology :

Proto-IE: *ghlādh-

Meaning: smooth, glossy

Slavic: *glā́dъkъ(jь), *glā́dītī

Baltic: *glā̃d-u-, -n-u-, -n-a-, *glō̃d-n-u-, -n-a-, *glō̃t-n-u-, -n-a- adj., *glā̂d- vb. tr., *glā̂d-(s)ta- (1) c., *glā̂d-(s)tā̂ f.

Germanic: *glad-a- adj.

Latin: glaber, -a `glatt, unbehaart, kahl'

Russ. meaning: гладкий, глянцевый

References: WP I 624 f

Vasmer's dictionary :

Baltic etymology :

Proto-Baltic: *glā̃d-u-, -n-u-, -n-a-, *glō̃d-n-u-, -n-a-, *glō̃t-n-u-, -n-a- adj., *glā̂d- vb. tr., *glā̂d-(s)ta- (1) c., *glā̂d-(s)tā̂ f., *glā̂(d)-s= (1)

Meaning: smooth

Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology

Lithuanian: glōdù-, glōdnù-, glō̃dna-, gluodnù-, gluõdna-, gluotnù-, gluõtna- `glatt (anliegend), glatt gestrichen, sanft'; glṓsti, -džiu `polieren, schleifen, glätten, glatt streichen'

Lettish: glãsts `Streicheln, Liebkosung', glãsît, glãstît, glâstît (-u, -ĩju) 'sanft streicheln, liebkosen'

Old Prussian: glosto `Wetzstein' V. 373

Germanic etymology :

Proto-Germanic: *glada-

Meaning: glad

IE etymology: IE etymology

Old Norse: glaδ-r `froh, fröhlich; glänzend'

Norwegian: glad

Swedish: glad `froh, fröhlich, heiter'

Danish: glad

Old English: gläd `shining, bright; glad, cheerful, joyous, bright; pleasant, kind, mild, courteous'

English: glad

Old Frisian: gled `glatt'

Old Saxon: glad-mōd(i) `fröhlich'

Middle Dutch: glat `glad, glinsterend'

Dutch: glad

Middle Low German: glat

Old High German: glat `glänzend, hell, klar' (8.Jh.)

Middle High German: glat 'glatt, glänzend' { gelat }

German: glatt

Uralic etymology :

Number: 307

Proto: *kilV (*külV)

> Nostratic: > Nostratic

English meaning: slick, slippery

German meaning: glatt, schlüpfrig

Udmurt (Votyak): gi̮li̮t (S) 'schlüpfrig', gị̑lị̑t (G), gi̮li̮d (M) 'id., glatt'

Komi (Zyrian): gi̮li̮d (S), gø^.løt

Khanty (Ostyak): kȯ̆ḷi (Trj.), kŏlǝ (Kr.), kuli (O) 'glatt (Weg); schnellfahrend'

Kartvelian etymology :

Proto-Kartvelian: *glas-

Nostratic: Nostratic

Russian meaning: обмазывать, мазать

English meaning: to smear

Georgian: gles-, glis-

Megrel: gilos-

Notes and references: EWK 86. Возможно, суффиксальное образование; без суффикса ср. груз. glu, диал. gluv- 'гладкий'. Последнее Иллич-Свитыч (ОСНЯ 1, 229-230) возводит к ностр. *gi[ɫ]ħu 'гладкий и блестящий' (реально здесь, видимо, два корня: картв. *gl- 'гладкий, мазать' может быть сопоставлено только с ПИЕ *ghlā̆-dh- 'гладкий').

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