glas
Afrikaans
/χlas/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) glass material
- (countable) glass vessel
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish glas (glass, crystal) inherited from Middle Dutch glas inherited from Old Dutch glas inherited 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
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- backglass English
- bioglass English
- chimney-glass English
- coverglass English
- cupping glass English
- eyeglass English
- fibreglass English
- glass English
- glassblower English
- glassblowing English
- glassblown English
- glasschord English
- glasscutter English
- glasscutting English
- glassen English
- glasser English
- glassery English
- glasseye English
- glassfish English
- glassformer English
- glassful English
- glasshouse English
- glassichord English
- glassification English
- glassify English
- glassine English
- glassless English
- glasslike English
- glassmaker English
- glassmaking English
- glassman English
- glasspack English
- glasspaper English
- glassware English
- glasswasher English
- glasswashing English
- glasswork English
- glassworker English
- glassworking English
- glassworks English
- glasswort English
- glassy English
- glazen English
- glazier English
- glaziery English
- hourglass English
- mesoglass English
- nonglass English
- optical glass English
- sandglass English
- sea glass English
- shot glass English
- shot-glass English
- spyglass English
- stormglass English
- sunglass English
- superglass English
- weatherglass English
- windowglass English
- glaesum Latin
- bierglas Dutch, Flemish
- borrelglas Dutch, Flemish
- brillenglas Dutch, Flemish
- glas Dutch, Flemish
- glasaal Dutch, Flemish
- glasaardbei Dutch, Flemish
- glasachtig Dutch, Flemish
- glasbak Dutch, Flemish
- glascultuur Dutch, Flemish
- glasgordijn Dutch, Flemish
- glashelder Dutch, Flemish
- glasmie Dutch, Flemish
- glasplaat Dutch, Flemish
- glasteelt Dutch, Flemish
- glasteler Dutch, Flemish
- glastuinbouw Dutch, Flemish
- glastuinder Dutch, Flemish
- glastuinderij Dutch, Flemish
- glasvezel Dutch, Flemish
- glaszetter Dutch, Flemish
- glazen Dutch, Flemish
- glazenier Dutch, Flemish
- glazenmaker Dutch, Flemish
- glazenwasser Dutch, Flemish
- glazig Dutch, Flemish
- koetsiersglas Dutch, Flemish
- lavaglas Dutch, Flemish
- matglas Dutch, Flemish
- melkglas Dutch, Flemish
- oogglas Dutch, Flemish
- shotglas Dutch, Flemish
- theeglas Dutch, Flemish
- uurglas Dutch, Flemish
- vergrootglas Dutch, Flemish
- wijnglas Dutch, Flemish
- *ǵʰel- Proto-Indo-European
- *glasą Proto-Germanic
- *glitrōną Proto-Germanic
- *glus- Proto-Germanic
- *glēzô Proto-Germanic
- *glōaną Proto-Germanic
- ガラス Japanese
- glær Old English
- glæs Old English
- glas Middle English
- gler Old Norse
- गिलास Hindi
- gleuaden Welsh
- glas Middle Dutch
- glas Old High German
- glāze Latvian
- glés Old Irish
- lawa Afrikaans
- lawaglas Afrikaans
- గలాసు Telugu
- gelas Malay
- *glas gmw-pro
- glas Old Dutch
- glas Middle Low German
- glasi Swahili
- 글라스 Korean
- গ্লাস Bengali
- گلاس Urdu
- kilaaj Marshallese
- kilaj Marshallese
- gles Old Frisian
- glas Tok Pisin
- galas Brunei Malay
- قلاص Gulf Arabic
- girazi Shona
- ngirathi Kikuyu, Gikuyu
- kelassaq Yup'ik
- gilaas Fiji Hindi
- gilaadha Guugu Yimidhirr