gler

Icelandic

/klɛːr/

noun
Definitions
  • glass substance made by melting sand
  • (geology) glass amorphous solid material
  • a glass bottle
  • pane of glass
  • lens
  • a flat, slippery surface covering made of ice (e.g. a frozen pond surface or frozen surface water on a road)
  • (in the plural) pieces, shards of glass

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse gler derived from Proto-Germanic *glasą (glass) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰel- (shine, glow, shimmer, glimmer, be green yellow, flourish).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ǵʰel-

Gloss

shine, glow, shimmer, glimmer, be green yellow, flourish

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

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