Where does “գիլաս” come from?
գիլաս (Armenian) comes from Persian گیلاس, from Urdu گلاس, from English glass, from Scottish Gaelic glas, from Middle Irish glas, from Old Irish glas, from Proto-Celtic glastos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰl̥h₃stós — to flourish; green, yellow.
գիլաս (Armenian): sweet cherry
Ancestry of “գիլաս”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Persian | گیلاس | cherry; wine glass |
| 2 | Urdu | گلاس | glass |
| 3 | English | glass | An amorphous solid, often transparent substance... |
| 4 | Scottish Gaelic | glas | green; grey; lock |
| 5 | Middle Irish | glas | — |
| 6 | Old Irish | glas | green, greenish; blue, green-blue, grey-blue; the... |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | glastos | green, blue |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰl̥h₃stós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰelh₃- | to flourish; green, yellow |