glee
Pennsylvania German
adjective
Definitions
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Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German kleine, klein inherited from Old High German kleini (small) inherited from Proto-Germanic *klainiz (shining, tender, fine, splendid, precious, splended, clear, brilliantly bright, clean, pure, elegant) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y- (stick, cleave, liquid, sticky, clay).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gleh₁y-
Gloss
stick, cleave, liquid, sticky, clay
Concept
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Kanji
粘
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Kleinberg English
- kleinspitz Finnish
- clenodium Latin
- Kleinasien German
- Kleinbauer German
- Kleinbürger German
- Kleinfleckkatze German
- Kleingeist German
- Kleingeld German
- Kleinkind German
- Kleinkrieg German
- Kleinkriminalität German
- Kleinlibelle German
- Kleinmut German
- Kleinplanet German
- Kleinpudel German
- Kleinschreibung German
- Kleinstaat German
- Kleintier German
- Kleinwagen German
- haarklein German
- klein German
- kleindeutsch German
- kleingeistig German
- kleingläubig German
- kleinhalten German
- kleinkariert German
- kleinkriegen German
- kleinkrämerisch German
- kleinlaut German
- kleinlich German
- kleinmaschig German
- kleinrechnen German
- kleinreden German
- kleinschreiben German
- kleinschrittig German
- kleinst German
- zerkleinern German
- klein Dutch, Flemish
- kleinburgerlijk Dutch, Flemish
- kleindochter Dutch, Flemish
- kleingeestig Dutch, Flemish
- kleingeld Dutch, Flemish
- kleinhandel Dutch, Flemish
- kleinigheid Dutch, Flemish
- kleinkind Dutch, Flemish
- kleinkunst Dutch, Flemish
- kleinoogrog Dutch, Flemish
- kleinscheeps Dutch, Flemish
- kleinvee Dutch, Flemish
- kleinzerig Dutch, Flemish
- kleinzielig Dutch, Flemish
- kleinzoon Dutch, Flemish
- *g(e)lēi- Proto-Indo-European
- *gleh₁y- Proto-Indo-European
- *gley- Proto-Indo-European
- *glēy- Proto-Indo-European
- *klainiz Proto-Germanic
- clæne Old English
- clǣne Old English
- klénn Old Norse
- *glina Proto-Slavic
- *glistъ Proto-Slavic
- cleine Middle Dutch
- kleini Old High German
- klein Afrikaans
- klein Middle High German
- kleine Middle High German
- kleine, klein Middle High German
- kleng Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *klainisōną gmw-pro
- cleini Old Dutch
- *glinati Proto-Celtic
- klēn(e), klein(e), klēne Middle Low German
- klēni Old Saxon
- kleen Central Franconian