Where does “glizzy” come from?
glizzy (English) comes from English Glock, from English glockenspiel, from German Glockenspiel, from German glocke, from Middle High German glocke, from Old High German klocca, from Proto-West Germanic *klokkā, from Medieval Latin clocca.
glizzy (English): A Glock, a handgun
Definitions
- A Glock, a handgun
Ancestry of “glizzy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Glock | A handgun made by the Glock company |
| 2 | English | glockenspiel | A musical instrument of the percussion idiophone... |
| 3 | German | Glockenspiel | a mechanical construction which plays at certain... |
| 4 | German | glocke | bell percussive instrument |
| 5 | Middle High German | glocke | — |
| 6 | Old High German | klocca | bell; clock |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *klokkā | bell |
| 8 | Medieval Latin | clocca | bell; travelers' cape, literally “a bell”, so... |
| 9 | Old Irish | cloc | bell; clock |
| 10 | Proto-Celtic | klokkos | bell |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | klēg- | — |