Where does “gleba” come from?

gleba (Portuguese) comes from Latin gleba, from Latin glaeba, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.

gleba (Portuguese): arable land; soil

Definitions

  1. arable land; soil

Ancestry of “gleba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinglebaAlternative form of glaeba; lump, mass
2Latinglaebaclod; land, soil; lump, mass of stuff
3Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gel- →Every word from Latin glaeba →Every word from Latin gleba →