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Where does “gléo” come from?

gléo (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic *gliwā, from Proto-Indo-European glēy-, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.

gléo (Old Irish): fight, combat

Definitions

  1. fight, combat

Ancestry of “gléo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtic*gliwā—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanglēy-gleaming
3Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze

Words derived from “gléo”

  • gleo
  • gleoch
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