glac
Gaelic (Scots)
verb
Definitions
- apprehend, restrain
- capture, catch, clutch, grapple, grasp
- gulp
- secure, seize, snatch, trap
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Irish glacaim derived from Proto-Indo-European *glēk-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*glēk-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- clasp English
- clasper English
- claspest English
- claspeth English
- claspin English
- enclasp English
- handclasp English
- reclasp English
- unclasp English
- *glēk- Proto-Indo-European
- *klēk- Proto-Germanic
- clyppan Old English
- glac Irish
- ath-ghlac Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- beò Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- beò-ghlac Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- beò-ghlacail Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- ioma-ghlac Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- glacaim Middle Irish