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Where does “glo” come from?

glo (Danish) comes from Old Norse glóa, from Proto-Germanic glōaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰleh₁-.

glo (Danish): to stare; to glare; to goggle, gape, gawp, gawk

Definitions

  1. to stare; to glare; to goggle, gape, gawp, gawk

Ancestry of “glo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseglóato glow
2Proto-Germanicglōanąto glow
3Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰleh₁-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰleh₁- →