Where does “Glaswels” come from?

Glaswels (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;...

Glaswels (German): glass catfish

Definitions

  1. glass catfish

Ancestry of “Glaswels”, step by step

Glaswels traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German glas

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

via German Wels

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWelswels catfish, "Silurus glanis"; catfish, any fish...
2Proto-Indo-European(s)kʷáloslarge fish; sheatfish
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic glasą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic glas →