glæs
Old English
Alternative forms
- gles
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *glasą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰel- (“to shine, shimmer, glow”). Compare Old Saxon glas, gles, Old Dutch glas, Old High German glas, clas, Old Norse gler.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡlæs/
Noun
glæs n
- glass
Derived terms
- glæsen
Descendants
- Middle English: glas, glass, glasse, glace, glasce
- English: glass
- → Fiji Hindi: gilaas
- → Indonesian: gelas
- → Japanese: グラス (gurasu), ガラス (garasu)
- → Kikuyu: ngirathi
- → Malay: gelas, ݢلس
- Scots: gless, glass
- English: glass