glänta

Swedish

noun

Definitions

a glade

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse *glenta derived from Proto-Germanic *glentaną (glide, slide) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰlend- (sparkle, look, shine).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ǵʰlend-

Gloss

sparkle, look, shine

Concept

Semantic Field

Sense perception

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

aglint English
glint English
glinty English
sunglint English
*ǵʰlend- Proto-Indo-European
*glentaną Proto-Germanic
glenten Middle English
*glenta Old Norse
glente Danish
gletta Icelandic
glinzen Middle High German
glänt Westrobothnian
glint Scots