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Where does “gʰleh₂dʰ-” come from?

gʰleh₂dʰ- (Proto-Indo-European): bright, shining; smooth

Definitions

  1. bright, shining; smooth

Words derived from “gʰleh₂dʰ-”

  • glad
  • gladness
  • gladden
  • glabrous
  • gladder
  • glabella
  • glabellar
  • glatt
  • gladdeneth
  • unglad
  • gladhand
  • gladhearted
  • subglabrous
  • gladdenest
  • glabrousness
  • overglad
  • supraglabellar
  • infraglabellar
  • begladden
  • circumglabellar
  • engladden
  • preglabellar
  • ungladden
  • postglabellar