Where does βgleaweβ come from?
gleawe (Old English) comes from Old English E, from Latin E, from Etruscan π, from Ancient Greek Ξ΅, from Phoenician π€, from Egyptian π .
gleawe (Old English): wisely, prudently, well
Definitions
- wisely, prudently, well
Ancestry of βgleaweβ, step by step
gleawe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old English E
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | E | β |
| 2 | Latin | E | Scribal abbreviation of the diphthong ae |
| 3 | Etruscan | π | β |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Ξ΅ | Lower case epsilon, the fifth letter of the ancient and modern Greek alphabets. Its name was Ξ΅αΌΆ, later αΌ ΟΞΉΞ»ΟΞ½, and presently ΞΟιλον. It represents roughly the same sound in both alphabets: in Modern Greek, a somewhat lowered variant of the mid front unrounded vowel: or. It is preceded by Ξ΄ and foll |
| 5 | Phoenician | π€ | that |
| 6 | Egyptian | π | β |
via Old English glΔaw
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | glΔaw | wise, prudent |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *glauw | wise |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | glawwaz | wise; prudent; wary; circumspect; perceptive |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gΚ°lew- | to be glad; jest; joke; to joke, make fun, enjoy;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gΚ°el- | to call; to chant; to shout |