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Where does “Borosilikatglas” come from?

Borosilikatglas (German) comes from German glas, from Old High German glas, from Proto-West Germanic glas, from Proto-Germanic glasą, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰel- — to shine, glimmer, glow; to shimmer, gleam;...

Borosilikatglas (German): borosilicate glass

Definitions

  1. borosilicate glass

Ancestry of “Borosilikatglas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanglas—
2Old High Germanglas—
3Proto-West Germanicglasglass
4Proto-Germanicglasąglass
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰel-to shine, glimmer, glow; to shimmer, gleam;...
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