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Reconstruction:Latin/glemus
Latin
Etymology
Alteration of glomus.
Pronunciation
- (Proto-Romance) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɛmʊs/
Noun
*glemus m (oblique *glemus)
- ball of yarn, tangle
Related terms
- *glomellus
- *glomiscellus
Descendants
- Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: gljem
- Romanian: ghem
- North Italian:
- Lombard: gemb
- Venetian: gemo
References
- Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “*glĕmus”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 283