Where does “glander” come from?

glander (French) comes from French gland, from Old French glant, from Irish glanta, from Old Norse glenta, from Proto-Germanic glentaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰlend- — to shine; sparkle; look.

glander (French): to do; to loaf around, to bum around, to cabbage

Definitions

  1. to do; to loaf around, to bum around, to cabbage

Ancestry of “glander”, step by step

glander traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French gland

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchglandacorn; glans; tassel
2Old Frenchglant—
3Irishglanta—
4Old Norseglenta—
5Proto-Germanicglentanąto slide; glide
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰlend-to shine; sparkle; look

via Welsh glân

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Welshglânclean
2Middle Welshglann—
3Proto-Brythonicglann—
4Proto-Celticglannos—

Words derived from “glander”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰlend- →
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