Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/glast

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.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *glastaz, from pre-Proto-Germanic *gʰləs-tó-s[1] (quasi-Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰlh̥₁s-tó-s), from *glēsaną (“to shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰleh₁- (“to shine, glow”).

Noun

*glast m

  1. shine, brightness

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *glast
Genitive *glastas
Singular Plural
Nominative *glast *glastō, *glastōs
Accusative *glast *glastā
Genitive *glastas *glastō
Dative *glastē *glastum
Instrumental *glastu *glastum

Descendants

  • Old Saxon: *glast
    • Middle Low German: glast
  • Old High German: *glast
    • Middle High German: glast
      • German: Glast (archaic, dialectal)

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ʒlastaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 135
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