*glasą

Runic: ᚷᛚᚨᛊᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈɣlɑ.sɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

amber, glass

Etymology

Traditionally derived by Pokorny from an s-extension of Proto-Indo-European *gʰel-, *ǵʰel- (‘to shine, shimmer, glow’). Kroonen prefers to derive the term from an s-stem of *glōaną (‘to glow’), which is likely ultimately from the same root.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	glasą	glazō
Acc.	glasą	glazō
Gen.	glasas, glasis	glazǫ̂
Dat.	glasai	glazamaz
Inst.	glasō	glazamiz
Voc.	glasą	glazō

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Descendants

*glas (Proto-West Germanic)
- glas (Old Dutch)
  - glas (Middle Dutch)
    - glaas (Limburgish)
*glas (Proto-West Germanic)
- glas (Old Dutch)
  - glas (Middle Dutch)
    - glas (Dutch)
      - glas (Afrikaans)
      - glasi (Berbice Creole Dutch)
      - gilás (Caribbean Hindustani)
      - gelas (Caribbean Javanese)
      - gelas (Indonesian)
      - ガラス (garasu) (Japanese)
      - glas (Negerhollands)
      - glas (Papiamentu)
*glas (Proto-West Germanic)
- glas (Old Dutch)
  - glas (Middle Dutch)
    - glas (Dutch)
      - grasi (Sranan Tongo)
        
        Kari'na: kalasi
*glas (Proto-West Germanic)
- glæs (Old English)
  - glas, glace, glasce, glass, glasse (Middle English)
    - glass (English)
    - gless, glass (Scots)
*glas (Proto-West Germanic)
- gles (Old Frisian)
  - Glääs (Saterland Frisian)
  - glês (West Frisian)
*glas (Proto-West Germanic)
- glas, clas, clases (Old High German)
  - glas (Middle High German)
    - Glas, Glaas (Alemannic German)
    - ? (Bavarian)
    - Jlas (Central Franconian)
    - Glas (German)
    - Glas (Luxembourgish)
    - Glaas (Pennsylvania German)
    - głoos (Vilamovian)
    - גלאָז (gloz) (Yiddish)
*glas (Proto-West Germanic)
- glas (Old Saxon)
  - glas (Middle Low German)
    - Glas (German Low German)
    - Glauss (Plautdietsch)
*glas (Proto-West Germanic)
- glas (Old Saxon)
  - glas (Middle Low German)
    - *glas (Old Norse)
      - glas (Faroese)
      - lasi (Finnish)
      - glass (Norwegian Bokmål)
      - glas (Norwegian Nynorsk)
      - glaskeri (Old Norse)
*glas (Proto-West Germanic)
- glas (Old Saxon)
  - glas (Middle Low German)
    - *glas (Old Norse)
      - glas (Old Danish)
        
        glas (Danish)
        
        glas (Icelandic)
*glas (Proto-West Germanic)
- glas (Old Saxon)
  - glas (Middle Low German)
    - *glas (Old Norse)
      - glas (Old Swedish)
        
        glas (Swedish)
*glaʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
- glas (Old Dutch)
  - glas (Middle Dutch)
    - glaas (Limburgish)
*glaʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
- glas (Old Dutch)
  - glas (Middle Dutch)
    - glas (Dutch)
      - glas (Afrikaans)
      - glasi (Berbice Creole Dutch)
      - gilás (Caribbean Hindustani)
      - gelas (Caribbean Javanese)
      - gelas (Indonesian)
      - ガラス (garasu) (Japanese)
      - glas (Negerhollands)
      - glas (Papiamentu)
*glaʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
- glas (Old Dutch)
  - glas (Middle Dutch)
    - glas (Dutch)
      - grasi (Sranan Tongo)
        
        Kari'na: kalasi
*glaʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
- glæs (Old English)
  - glas, glace, glasce, glass, glasse (Middle English)
    - glass (English)
    - gless, glass (Scots)
*glaʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
- gles (Old Frisian)
  - Glääs (Saterland Frisian)
  - glês (West Frisian)
*glaʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
- glas, clas, clases (Old High German)
  - glas (Middle High German)
    - Glas, Glaas (Alemannic German)
    - ? (Bavarian)
    - Jlas (Central Franconian)
    - Glas (German)
    - Glas (Luxembourgish)
    - Glaas (Pennsylvania German)
    - głoos (Vilamovian)
    - גלאָז (gloz) (Yiddish)
*glaʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
- glas (Old Saxon)
  - glas (Middle Low German)
    - Glas (German Low German)
    - Glauss (Plautdietsch)
*glaʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
- glas (Old Saxon)
  - glas (Middle Low German)
    - *glas (Old Norse)
      - glas (Faroese)
      - lasi (Finnish)
      - glass (Norwegian Bokmål)
      - glas (Norwegian Nynorsk)
      - glaskeri (Old Norse)
*glaʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
- glas (Old Saxon)
  - glas (Middle Low German)
    - *glas (Old Norse)
      - glas (Old Danish)
        
        glas (Danish)
        
        glas (Icelandic)
*glaʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
- glas (Old Saxon)
  - glas (Middle Low German)
    - *glas (Old Norse)
      - glas (Old Swedish)
        
        glas (Swedish)
gler (Old Norse)
- gler (Faroese)
- gler (Icelandic)
- glar (Old Swedish)
gler (Old Norse)
- gler, glar, glaar (Old Danish)
  - glar (Danish)
    - glar (Norwegian Bokmål)
glaesum (Latin)
glēsum (Latin)

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