σέλας

Ancient Greek

noun

Definitions

light, brightness, the bright flame or blaze of fire
shine

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *swelō (a glare, dazzling light).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*swelō

Gloss

a glare, dazzling light

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*swelō Proto-Indo-European
sval Norwegian Bokmål
*swalaz Proto-Germanic
sval Swedish
sval Norwegian Nynorsk
svalr Old Norse
sval Danish
svalur Icelandic
svalku Westrobothnian