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Where does “glis” come from?

glis (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin glis, from Proto-Indo-European *gley-.

glis (Vulgar Latin): dormouse; A tenacious kind of earth

Definitions

  1. dormouse; A tenacious kind of earth

Ancestry of “glis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinglisdormouse; A tenacious kind of earth
2Proto-Indo-European*gley-—

Words derived from “glis”

  • loir
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *gley- →