Where does “glōmung” come from?

glōmung (Old English) comes from Old English glōm, from Proto-West Germanic glōm, from Proto-Germanic glōmaz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰley-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰel- — to shine, glimmer, glow; to shimmer, gleam;...

glōmung (Old English): twilight

Definitions

  1. twilight

Ancestry of “glōmung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishglōmgloaming, twilight; darkness; gloom, gloaming;...
2Proto-West Germanicglōm—
3Proto-Germanicglōmazgleam, shimmer, sheen
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰley-to shine
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰel-to shine, glimmer, glow; to shimmer, gleam;...

Words derived from “glōmung”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰley- →Every word from Proto-Germanic glōmaz →