Where does “glaiba” come from?

glaiba (Dalmatian) comes from Latin gleba, from Latin glaeba, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.

glaiba (Dalmatian): lump, clod, tussock, hassock; turf

Definitions

  1. lump, clod, tussock, hassock; turf

Ancestry of “glaiba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinglebaAlternative form of glaeba; lump, mass
2Latinglaebaclod; land, soil; lump, mass of stuff
3Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gel- →Every word from Latin glaeba →Every word from Latin gleba →