Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/glas

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *glasą.

Noun

*glas n

1. glass, amber

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*glas
Genitive	*glasas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*glas	*glasu
Accusative	*glas	*glasu
Genitive	*glasas	*glasō
Dative	*glasē	*glasum
Instrumental	*glasu	*glasum

Alternative reconstructions

• *glaʀ

Derived terms

• *glasīn

Descendants

• Old English: glæs, glær
  • Middle English: glas, glace, glasce, glass, glasse
    • English: glass (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: gless, glass
• Old Frisian: gles
  • Saterland Frisian: Glääs
  • West Frisian: glês
• Old Saxon: glas, glar
  • Middle Low German: glas, glār
    • German Low German: Glas
    • Plautdietsch: Glauss
    • → Old Norse: *glas
      • Faroese: glas
      • Norwegian: glass, glas
      • Old Swedish: glas
        • Swedish: glas
      • Old Danish: glas
        • Danish: glas
          • → Icelandic: glas
      • → Finnish: lasi (see there for further descendants)
      • ⇒ Old Norse: glaskeri
• Old Dutch: glas
  • Middle Dutch: glas
    • Dutch: glas
      • Afrikaans: glas
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: glasi
      • Negerhollands: glas
      • → Caribbean Hindustani: gilás
      • → Caribbean Javanese: gelas
      • → Indonesian: gelas
      • → Japanese: ガラス (garasu)
      • → Papiamentu: glas
      • → Sranan Tongo: grasi
        • → Kari'na: kalasi (or directly)
    • Limburgish: glaas
• Old High German: glas, clas; clases (“amber”)
  • Middle High German: glas
    • Alemannic German: Glas, Glaas
    • Bavarian:

      Cimbrian: glas

      Mòcheno: glos

    • Central Franconian: Jlas

      Hunsrik: Glaas

    • German: Glas
    • Luxembourgish: Glas
    • Pennsylvania German: Glaas
    • Vilamovian: głoos
    • Yiddish: גלאָז (gloz)