Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʰleh₂dʰ-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

Possible reanalyzed root of *gʰleh₂- +‎ *-dʰh₁eti, metathesized from *ǵʰelh₂- (“to shine”), itself apparently related to *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”).[1]

Root

*gʰleh₂dʰ-[2]

  1. bright, shining
  2. smooth

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʰleh₂dʰ- (2 c, 0 e)
  • *gʰl̥h₂dʰ-ó-s
    • Proto-Germanic: *gladaz[note 1] (see there for further descendants)
  • *gʰl̥h₂-n̥-dʰ-ó-s (nasal-infix)
    • Proto-Germanic: *glandaz
      • Proto-West Germanic: *glandī (“shining, glowing”) (see there for further descendants)
  • *gʰl̥h₂dʰ-ró-s
  • *gʰléh₂dʰ-u-s
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *glā́ˀdus (see there for further descendants)
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Proto-Albanian: *gladā
Notes
  1. ^ Presumedly by reanalysis of the zero-grade vowel
  2. ^ The short vowel and the presence of g are unexpected.

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*glada-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 179
  2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “glaber, -bra, -brum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 263
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