Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/glasą

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

Traditionally derived by Pokorny from an s-extension of Proto-Indo-European *gʰel-, *ǵʰel- (“to shine, shimmer, glow”).[1] Kroonen prefers to derive the term from an s-stem of *glōaną (“to glow”), which is likely ultimately from the same root.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣlɑ.sɑ̃/

Noun

*glasą n

  1. amber, glass

Inflection

The plural has the voiced Verner alternant, from an old Indo-European collective noun.

Declension of *glasą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *glasą *glazō
vocative *glasą *glazō
accusative *glasą *glazō
genitive *glasas, *glasis *glazǫ̂
dative *glasai *glazamaz
instrumental *glasō *glazamiz

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “ghlend-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 432-433
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*glasa- ~ *glaza-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 180
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