Where does “GL” come from?

GL (Dutch) comes from Japanese ガールズ ラブ, from English Love, from Middle English love, from Old English lufu, from Proto-West Germanic *lubu, from Proto-Germanic lubō, from Proto-Indo-European lewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European lēw- — to sound, resound, sing out; to leave.

GL (Dutch): GreenLeft, a left-wing green political party in the Netherlands

Definitions

  1. GreenLeft, a left-wing green political party in the Netherlands

Ancestry of “GL”, step by step

GL traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese ガールズ ラブ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseガールズ ラブ
2EnglishLoveradiotelephony clear-code word for the letter L
3Middle Englishlovelove; strong and deep affection
4Old Englishlufulove
5Proto-West Germanic*lubulove
6Proto-Germaniclubōlove, affection
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlewbʰ-to desire, covet, want; to admire, praise; to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanlēw-to sound, resound, sing out; to leave

via Latin gallaecus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatingallaecusGalician
2Proto-Indo-Europeankl̥H-ní-shill

via Dutch Groen Links

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchGroen Links
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lēw-Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewbʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic lubō