Where does “glainne” come from?

glainne (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Irish glaine, from Old Irish glan, from Old Irish -e, from Old Irish lán, from Proto-Celtic ɸlānos, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

glainne (Scottish Gaelic): glass; glasses, spectacles

Definitions

  1. glass; glasses, spectacles

Ancestry of “glainne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishglaineinflection of glan: ## genitive feminine...
2Old Irishglanclean; pure; clear
3Old Irish-eForms concrete or abstract nouns from adjectives
4Old Irishlánfull
5Proto-Celticɸlānosfull
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

Words derived from “glainne”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós →Every word from Old Irish -e →