Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʰleh₂dʰ-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European edit

Etymology edit

Possible reanalyzed root of *gʰleh₂- +‎ *-dʰh₁eti, metathesized from *ǵʰelh₂- (“to shine”).

Root edit

*gʰleh₂dʰ-^[1]

bright, shining
smooth

Derived terms edit

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʰleh₂dʰ-‎ (2 c, 0 e)

*gʰl̥h₂dʰ-ó-s
- Proto-Germanic: *gladaz^{[note 1]} (see there for further descendants)
*gʰl̥h₂-n̥-dʰ-ó-s (nasal-infix)
- Proto-Germanic: *glandaz (see there for further descendants)
*gʰl̥h₂dʰ-ró-s
- >? Proto-Italic: *ɣlaðros
  - >? Latin: glaber^{[note 2]} (see there for further descendants)
*gʰléh₂dʰ-u-s
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *glā́ˀdus (see there for further descendants)
Unsorted formations:
- Proto-Albanian: *gladā
  - Albanian: gledhë

Notes edit

^ Presumedly by reanalysis of the zero-grade vowel
^ The short vowel and the presence of g are unexpected.

References edit

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[2] Presumedly by reanalysis of the zero-grade vowel

[3] The short vowel and the presence of g are unexpected.

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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