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Where does “glas” come from?

glas (Welsh) comes from English glass, from Scottish Gaelic glas, from Middle Irish glas, from Old Irish glas, from Proto-Celtic glastos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰl̥h₃stós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.

glas (Welsh): blue; green , verdant, unripe; pale blue or...

Definitions

  1. blue; green , verdant, unripe; pale blue or...

Ancestry of “glas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishglassAn amorphous solid, often transparent substance...
2Scottish Gaelicglasgreen; grey; lock
3Middle Irishglas—
4Old Irishglasgreen, greenish; blue, green-blue, grey-blue; the...
5Proto-Celticglastosgreen, blue
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰl̥h₃stós—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow

Words derived from “glas”

  • glasgoch
  • gleisiad
  • glaswellt
  • gwyrddlas
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