Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗An appearance of light, especially one which is indistinct or small, or short-lived. · An indistinct sign of something; a glimpse or hint. · A bright, but intermittent or short-lived, appearance of something. · A look of joy or liveliness on one's face.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley-der. Proto-Germanic *glaimiz Proto-West Germanic *glaimi Old English glǣm Middle English glem English gleam From Middle English glem, gleam, gleme (“shaft of light; reflected light; radiance; something ephemeral”), from Old English glǣm (“gleam”), from Proto-West Germanic *glaimi (“brightness; splendour”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to shine”). Cognates * German Low German Gleem (“shine, luster, gloss”) * Faroese glæma (“gleam, glimmer”) * Old High German glīmen (“to glow, shine”); gleimo, glīmo (“glowworm”) (Middle High German glīme, gleime) * Old Saxon glīmo (“brightness”)
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- Inherited-form mentionglemenm
- Inherited-form mentionglǣmang · gleam
- Inherited-form mention*glaimigmw-pro · brightness; splendour
- Inherited-form mention*ǵʰley-ine-pro · to shine
- Cognate mentionglæmafo · gleam, glimmer
- Cognate mentionglīmengoh · to glow, shine
- Cognate mentionglīmegmh
- Cognate mentionglīmoosx · brightness
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