Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/glēsijaną
Appearance
Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a formation related to either *glasą (“amber, glass”) or *gladaz (“shining, bright, glossy”) + *-janą (though both terms are suspected to trace back to the same ultimate root). See also Proto-West Germanic *glāʀōn (“to shine, glare”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]*glēsijaną
- (intransitive) to shine, glare
- (transitive) to shine, make shiny (like glass)
Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of *glēsijaną (weak class 1)