Where does “gless” come from?

gless (Scots) comes from Old English glæs, from Proto-West Germanic glas, from Proto-Germanic glasą, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰel- — to shine, glimmer, glow; to shimmer, gleam;...

gless (Scots): glass

Definitions

  1. glass

Ancestry of “gless”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishglæsglass
2Proto-West Germanicglasglass
3Proto-Germanicglasąglass
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰel-to shine, glimmer, glow; to shimmer, gleam;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic glasą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic glas →