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Where does “glis” come from?

glis (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European *gley-.

glis (Latin): dormouse; A tenacious kind of earth

Definitions

  1. dormouse; A tenacious kind of earth

Ancestry of “glis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European*gley-—

Words derived from “glis”

  • gliriform
  • glirine
  • glirarium
  • glirarium
  • gliris
  • glires
  • ghiro
  • loir
  • Glis
  • Glires
  • Glirinae
  • Gliridae
  • Glirimorpha
  • glis
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *gley- →