Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/glanaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Normalization of pre-Proto-Germanic *gʰlə-nó-s (“shining, glowing”) (quasi-Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰlh₁-nó-s), past participle of *glōaną (“to glow”).[1][2]

Noun

*glanaz m[1][2]

  1. shine, brightness
  2. ember

Inflection

Declension of *glanaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *glanaz *glanōz, *glanōs
vocative *glan *glanōz, *glanōs
accusative *glaną *glananz
genitive *glanas, *glanis *glanǫ̂
dative *glanai *glanamaz
instrumental *glanō *glanamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *glan
    • Old High German: *glan
      • Middle High German: glan (“shine; ember”)
        • German: Glan (archaic)
  • Old Norse: *glanr
    • Norwegian: glan (“brightness in the sky”)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Heidermanns, Frank (1993) “glana-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen Primäradjektive (Studia linguistica Germanica; 33) (in German), Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 246: “westidg. *ghlə-no-”
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Müller, Stefan (2007) Zum Germanischen aus laryngaltheoretischer Sicht: Mit einer Einführung in die Grundlagen (Studia Linguistica Germanica; 88) (in German), Berlin, New York: De Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 147-153: “ger. * gla-na-; *gʲʰl̥H-nó-”
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