glas

Swedish

/ɡlɑːs/

noun
Definitions
  • glass material
  • glass vessel

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish glas derived from Middle Low German glas 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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