Where does “glenn” come from?

glenn (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic glendos, from Proto-Indo-European glend- — shore.

glenn (Old Irish): valley; Alternative spelling of ·gleinn

Definitions

  1. valley; Alternative spelling of ·gleinn

Ancestry of “glenn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticglendosvalley
2Proto-Indo-Europeanglend-shore

Words derived from “glenn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European glend- →Every word from Proto-Celtic glendos →
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