Where does “gleann” come from?

gleann (Irish) comes from Old Irish glenn, from Proto-Celtic glendos, from Proto-Indo-European glend- — shore.

gleann (Irish): glen, valley

Definitions

  1. glen, valley

Ancestry of “gleann”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishglennvalley; Alternative spelling of ·gleinn
2Proto-Celticglendosvalley
3Proto-Indo-Europeanglend-shore

Words derived from “gleann”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European glend- →Every word from Proto-Celtic glendos →Every word from Old Irish glenn →