Where does “glo” come from?
glo (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish glo, from Old Norse glóa, from Proto-Germanic glōaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰleh₁-.
glo (Norwegian Bokmål): an ember, live coal
Ancestry of “glo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Danish | glo | to stare; to glare; to goggle, gape, gawp, gawk |
| 2 | Old Norse | glóa | to glow |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | glōaną | to glow |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *ǵʰleh₁- | — |