Where does “glühen” come from?

glühen (German) comes from Middle High German glüejen, from Old High German gluoen, from Proto-West Germanic *glōan, from Proto-Germanic glōaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰleh₁- — to shine, glow.

glühen (German): to glow

Definitions

  1. to glow

Ancestry of “glühen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanglüejen—
2Old High Germangluoento glow
3Proto-West Germanic*glōanto glow
4Proto-Germanicglōanąto glow
5Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰleh₁-to shine, glow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic glōaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *glōan →