Where does “glow” come from?

Glow comes from Middle English glowen, from Old English glōwan, from Proto-Germanic glōaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰel-.

glow (English): To give off light from heat or to emit light as...

Definitions

  1. To give off light from heat or to emit light as...

Ancestry of “glow”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishglouen
2Old Englishglōwanto glow
3Proto-Germanicglōanąto glow
4Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰleh₁-to shine, glow

Words derived from “glow

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰleh₁-