Where does “Glirinae” come from?
Glirinae (Translingual) comes from Translingual Glis, from Latin glis, from Proto-Indo-European *gley-.
Ancestry of “Glirinae”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Translingual | Glis | — |
| 2 | Latin | glis | dormouse; A tenacious kind of earth |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | *gley- | — |