Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/glas

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 *glasą.

Noun

*glas n

glass, amber

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*glas
Genitive	*glasas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*glas	*glasu
Accusative	*glas	*glasu
Genitive	*glasas	*glasō
Dative	*glasē	*glasum
Instrumental	*glasu	*glasum

Alternative reconstructions

*glaʀ

Derived terms

*glasīn

Descendants

Old English: glæs, glær
- Middle English: glas, glace, glasce, glass, glasse
  - English: glass (see there for further descendants)
  - Scots: gless, glass
Old Frisian: gles
- Saterland Frisian: Glääs
- West Frisian: glês
Old Saxon: glas, glar
- Middle Low German: glas, glār
  - German Low German: Glas
  - Plautdietsch: Glauss
  - → Old Norse: *glas
    - Faroese: glas
    - Norwegian: glass, glas
    - Old Swedish: glas
      - Swedish: glas
    - Old Danish: glas
      - Danish: glas
        → Icelandic: glas
    - → Finnish: lasi (see there for further descendants)
    - ⇒ Old Norse: glaskeri
Old Dutch: glas
- Middle Dutch: glas
  - Dutch: glas
    - Afrikaans: glas
    - Berbice Creole Dutch: glasi
    - Negerhollands: glas
    - → Caribbean Hindustani: gilás
    - → Caribbean Javanese: gelas
    - → Indonesian: gelas
    - → Japanese: ガラス (garasu)
    - → Papiamentu: glas
    - → Sranan Tongo: grasi
      - → Kari'na: kalasi (or directly)
  - Limburgish: glaas
Old High German: glas, clas; clases (“amber”)
- Middle High German: glas
  - Alemannic German: Glas, Glaas
  - Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: glas
    
    Mòcheno: glos
  - Central Franconian: Jlas
    Hunsrik: Glaas
  - German: Glas
  - Luxembourgish: Glas
  - Pennsylvania German: Glaas
  - Vilamovian: głoos
  - Yiddish: גלאָז (gloz)