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Where does “sheer-ghlass” come from?

sheer-ghlass (Manx) comes from Manx glass, from Old Irish glas, from Proto-Celtic glastos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰl̥h₃stós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.

sheer-ghlass (Manx): evergreen

Definitions

  1. evergreen

Ancestry of “sheer-ghlass”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Manxglassgreen , verdant; grey , ashen; soft, pale, pasty
2Old Irishglasgreen, greenish; blue, green-blue, grey-blue; the...
3Proto-Celticglastosgreen, blue
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰl̥h₃stós—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow
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