Where does “glass” come from?
Glass comes from Middle English glas, from Old English glæs, from Proto-Germanic glasą, from Proto-Indo-European gʰel-, with the ultimate origin and sense development obscure.
glass (English): An amorphous solid, often transparent substance...
Definitions
- An amorphous solid, often transparent substance...
Ancestry of “glass”, step by step
glass traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Scottish Gaelic glas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scottish Gaelic | glas | green; grey; lock |
| 2 | Middle Irish | glas | — |
| 3 | Old Irish | glas | green, greenish; blue, green-blue, grey-blue; the... |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | glastos | green, blue |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰl̥h₃stós | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰelh₃- | to flourish; green, yellow |