Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/glanaz

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

Etymology

Normalization of pre-Proto-Germanic *gʰlə-nó-s (“shining, glowing”) (quasi-Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰlh₁-nó-s), past participle of *glōaną (“to glow”).^[1]^[2]

Noun

*glanaz m^[1]^[2]

shine, brightness
ember

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *glanaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*glanaz	glanōz, glanōs
vocative	*glan	glanōz, glanōs
accusative	*glaną	*glananz
genitive	glanas, glanis	*glanǫ̂
dative	*glanai	*glanamaz
instrumental	*glanō	*glanamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *glan
- Old High German: *glan
  - Middle High German: glan (“shine; ember”)
    - German: Glan (archaic)
Old Norse: *glanr
- Norwegian: glan (“brightness in the sky”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Heidermanns, Frank (1993) “glana-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen Primäradjektive (Studia linguistica Germanica; 33) (in German), Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 246: “westidg. *ghlə-no-”
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Müller, Stefan (2007) Zum Germanischen aus laryngaltheoretischer Sicht: Mit einer Einführung in die Grundlagen (Studia Linguistica Germanica; 88) (in German), Berlin, New York: De Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 147-153: “ger. * gla-na-; *gʲʰl̥H-nó-”

[EWGP-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Heidermanns, Frank (1993) “glana-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen Primäradjektive (Studia linguistica Germanica; 33) (in German), Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 246: “westidg. *ghlə-no-”

[Muller-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Müller, Stefan (2007) Zum Germanischen aus laryngaltheoretischer Sicht: Mit einer Einführung in die Grundlagen (Studia Linguistica Germanica; 88) (in German), Berlin, New York: De Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 147-153: “ger. * gla-na-; *gʲʰl̥H-nó-”

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