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This Proto-West 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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *glasą.
Noun
*glas n
- glass, amber
Inflection
| Neuter a-stem
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*glas
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| Genitive
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*glasas
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*glas
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*glasu
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| Accusative
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*glas
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*glasu
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| Genitive
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*glasas
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*glasō
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| Dative
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*glasē
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*glasum
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| Instrumental
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*glasu
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*glasum
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Alternative reconstructions
Derived terms
Descendants
- Old English: glæs
- Old Frisian: gles
- Old Saxon: glas
- Middle Low German: glas
- German Low German: Glas
- Plautdietsch: Glauss
- → Old Norse: *glas
- Faroese: glas
- Norwegian Bokmål: glass
- Norwegian Nynorsk: glas
- Old Swedish: glas
- Old Danish: glas
- → Finnish: lasi (see there for further descendants)
- ⇒ Old Norse: glaskeri
- Old Dutch: glas
- Middle Dutch: glas
- Dutch: glas
- Afrikaans: glas
- Berbice Creole Dutch: glasi
- Negerhollands: glas
- → Caribbean Hindustani: gilás
- → Caribbean Javanese: gelas
- → Indonesian: gelas
- → Japanese: ガラス (garasu)
- → Papiamentu: glas
- → Sranan Tongo: grasi
- → Kari'na: kalasi (or directly)
- Limburgish: glaas
- Old High German: glas, clas; clases (“amber”)