Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/glast

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *glastaz, from pre-Proto-Germanic *gʰləs-tó-s (quasi-Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰlh̥₁s-tó-s), from *glēsaną (“to shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰleh₁- (“to shine, glow”).

Noun

*glast m

1. shine, brightness

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*glast
Genitive	*glastas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*glast	*glastō, *glastōs
Accusative	*glast	*glastā
Genitive	*glastas	*glastō
Dative	*glastē	*glastum
Instrumental	*glastu	*glastum

Descendants

• Old Saxon: *glast
  • Middle Low German: glast
• Old High German: *glast
  • Middle High German: glast
    • German: Glast (archaic, dialectal)