Where does “gleba” come from?

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

gleba (Spanish): clod; arable land; soil

Definitions

  1. clod; 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 glaebaEvery word from Latin gleba
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