Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/glant

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 the o-grade ablaut of the root of *glintan; hypothetically an old formation from Proto-Germanic *glantaz, from Pre-Germanic *gʰlondos, though attested only in High German. Separate from *gland (“glowing”), despite the superficial similarity.

Adjective

*glant

1. (Elbe Germanic) bright, shining

   Synonym: *berht

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*glant
Genitive	*glantas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*glant	*glantu	*glant
Accusative	*glantanā	*glantā	*glant
Genitive	*glantas	*glanteʀā	*glantas
Dative	*glantumē	*glanteʀē	*glantumē
Instrumental	*glantu	*glanteʀu	*glantu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*glantē	*glantō	*glantu
Accusative	*glantā	*glantā	*glantu
Genitive	*glanteʀō	*glanteʀō	*glanteʀō
Dative	*glantēm, *glantum	*glantēm, *glantum	*glantēm, *glantum
Instrumental	*glantēm, *glantum	*glantēm, *glantum	*glantēm, *glantum

Related terms

• *glintan
• *glotōn

Descendants

• Old High German: glanz
  • Middle High German: glanz (“bright; brightness”)
    • → Danish: glans
    • German: Glanz
      • → Danish: glans
      • → Dutch: glans
      • → Norwegian Bokmål: glans
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: glans
      • → Polish: glans, → glanc
      • → Swedish: glans
    • → Swedish: glans

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*glintan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 181: “*gʰlond-o-”