glas

Welsh (Colloquial)

/ɡlaːs/

adj
Definitions
  • blue
  • (archaic) green of plants, verdant, unripe
  • (archaic) pale blue or green, slate-coloured
  • (archaic) silver
  • early, dawning, young, raw, immature

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Brythonic *glas inherited from Proto-Celtic *glastos (green, blue) root from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (shine, yellow, gleam, green, glisten, flourish).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ǵʰelh₃-

Gloss

shine, yellow, gleam, green, glisten, flourish

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

黄

Emoji
🌟 ⭐️ 🌟 🌠 💡 🔦 🕯️

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