Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gladaz
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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
From Proto-Indo-European *gʰladʰ-, from *gʰel- (“to shine”).[1] Cognate to Latin glaber and Old Church Slavonic гладъкъ (gladŭkŭ).
Pronunciation
Adjective
*gladaz
Inflection
Declension of *gladaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *gladaz | *gladai | *gladō | *gladôz | *gladą, -atō | *gladō |
| Accusative | *gladanǭ | *gladanz | *gladǭ | *gladōz | *gladą, -atō | *gladō |
| Genitive | *gladas, -is | *gladaizǫ̂ | *gladaizōz | *gladaizǫ̂ | *gladas, -is | *gladaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *gladammai | *gladaimaz | *gladaizōi | *gladaimaz | *gladammai | *gladaimaz |
| Instrumental | *gladanō | *gladaimiz | *gladaizō | *gladaimiz | *gladanō | *gladaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *gladô | *gladaniz | *gladǭ | *gladōniz | *gladô | *gladōnō |
| Accusative | *gladanų | *gladanunz | *gladōnų | *gladōnunz | *gladô | *gladōnō |
| Genitive | *gladiniz | *gladanǫ̂ | *gladōniz | *gladōnǫ̂ | *gladiniz | *gladanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *gladini | *gladammaz | *gladōni | *gladōmaz | *gladini | *gladammaz |
| Instrumental | *gladinē | *gladammiz | *gladōnē | *gladōmiz | *gladinē | *gladammiz |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *glad
- Old Norse: glaðr
- → Proto-Samic:
- Northern Sami: láđis
References
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “glatt”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN