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Where does “gled” come from?

gled (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-Germanic glōdiz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.

Ancestry of “gled”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicglōdizglow; heat
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow

Words derived from “gled”

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