glim
English
/ɡlɪm/
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) brightness; splendour
- (archaic) A light; a candle; a lantern; a fire.
- (archaic) An eye.
- (archaic) A pair of glasses or spectacles.
- (archaic) A look; a glimpse.
- (archaic) Gonorrhea
- (archaic) Fake documents claiming the loss of property by fire (for use in begging).
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English glim inherited from Old English gleomu (splendor) derived from Old Norse *glim derived from Proto-Germanic *glimō derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (glow, gleam, shimmer, shine), *ǵʰley- (glow, gleam, shimmer, shine).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵʰley-
Gloss
glow, gleam, shimmer, shine
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aglimmer English
- flashy English
- glimflashy English
- glimmer English
- glimmersome English
- glimmery English
- *ǵʰley- Proto-Indo-European
- *glaimiz Proto-Germanic
- *glimmaną Proto-Germanic
- *glimō Proto-Germanic
- *glintaną Proto-Germanic
- *glōmaz Proto-Germanic
- gleomu Old English
- glim Middle English
- glimeren Middle English
- grinn Irish
- *glim Old Norse
- glimt Danish
- grinn Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- *glēwos Proto-Celtic