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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/glintaną

This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰlend-, related to Proto-Slavic *ględati.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣlin.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*glintaną[2]

  1. to shine
  2. to look

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *glintan
    • Old High German: *glinzan
      • Middle High German: glinzen
  • Old Norse: *gletta, *glinta

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*ʒlentēnan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 136
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*glintan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 181
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