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Where does “*gliwā” come from?

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

Ancestry of “*gliwā”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanglēy-gleaming
2Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze
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