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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʰleh₂dʰ-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

Etymology

Possible reanalyzed root of *gʰleh₂- +‎ *-dʰh₁eti, metathesized from *ǵʰelh₂- (“to shine”).

Root

*gʰleh₂dʰ-[1]

  1. bright, shining
  2. smooth

Derived terms
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʰleh₂dʰ-‎ (2 c, 0 e)
  • *gʰl̥h₂dʰ-ó-s
    • Proto-Germanic: *gladaz (reanalysis of the zero grade vowel) (see there for further descendants)
  • *gʰl̥h₂-n̥-dʰ-ó-s (nasal-infix)
    • Proto-Germanic: *glandaz (see there for further descendants)
  • *gʰl̥h₂dʰ-ró-s
  • *gʰléh₂dʰ-u-s
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *glā́ˀdus (see there for further descendants)
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Proto-Albanian: *gladā

References
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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