glad
Swedish
/ɡlɑːd/
adj
Definitions
- happy, glad
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish glaþer inherited from Old Norse glaðr (happy, smooth, bright) inherited from Proto-Germanic *gladaz (smooth, flat, glossy, shiny, radiant, gleaming, happy) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰladʰ-, *gʰel- (shout, scream, charm away, call, shine, cry out, enchant, charm, chant, sing).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʰel-
Gloss
shout, scream, charm away, call, shine, cry out, enchant, charm, chant, sing
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- glad English
- gladden English
- gladful English
- gladhand English
- gladhearted English
- gladly English
- gladness English
- gladsome English
- overglad English
- unglad English
- χελιδών Ancient Greek
- χεῖλος Ancient Greek
- *gʰel- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰladh- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰladʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- glad Norwegian Bokmål
- golle Norwegian Bokmål
- *galaną Proto-Germanic
- *galdraz Proto-Germanic
- *galdrą Proto-Germanic
- *galpōną Proto-Germanic
- *gellaną Proto-Germanic
- *gelpą Proto-Germanic
- *gladaz Proto-Germanic
- *gladjaną Proto-Germanic
- *glutōną Proto-Germanic
- *gōlijaną Proto-Germanic
- prata Swedish
- pratglad Swedish
- glad Norwegian Nynorsk
- gealdor Old English
- glæd Old English
- glædlice Old English
- glædmann Old English
- glad Middle English
- glāde, glade Middle English
- gala Old Norse
- glaðr Old Norse
- gleði Old Norse
- glad Danish
- *žьlvъ Proto-Slavic
- glaður Icelandic
- glat Old High German
- գեղգեղեմ Old Armenian
- glaður Faroese
- *galan gmw-pro
- *glad Old Dutch
- glad Old Saxon
- glaþer Old Swedish
- *galda Proto-Albanian
- *gėlwɨd Proto-Brythonic