Where does “glōm” come from?

glōm (Old English) comes 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;...

glōm (Old English): gloaming, twilight; darkness; gloom, gloaming;...

Definitions

  1. gloaming, twilight; darkness; gloom, gloaming;...

Ancestry of “glōm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicglōm—
2Proto-Germanicglōmazgleam, shimmer, sheen
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰley-to shine
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰel-to shine, glimmer, glow; to shimmer, gleam;...

Words derived from “glōm”

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