glas

Danish

noun

Definitions

(uncountable) glass (substance)
glass (drinking vessel)
(nautical) bells, a mark given by the bells of a ship every half hour to mark the passing of time during a four-hour watch. There were eight bells per watch and then the counting started from the beginning.

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse glas(keri) derived from Middle Low German glas derived from Old Saxon glas.

Origin

Old Saxon

glas

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

glass Norwegian Bokmål
*glasą Proto-Germanic
glas Norwegian Nynorsk
glas Old Norse
glas(keri) Old Norse
glasøje Danish
øje Danish
glas Icelandic
glas Faroese
*glas gmw-pro
klaas Estonian
glas Middle Low German
glas Old Saxon
glas Old Swedish