Etymology

glede

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Today it means: Any of several birds of prey, especially a kite, Milvus milvus. Full definition →

Middle English glede ← Old English glida ← Proto-West Germanic *glidā
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glede · noun1

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*glidǭ
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*glidā
  3. Old English · inherited fromglida
  4. Middle English · inherited fromglede
  5. English todayglede

From Middle English glede, from Old English glida, from Proto-West Germanic *glidā, from Proto-Germanic *glidǭ; akin to Icelandic gleða, Swedish glada. Compare glide.

glede · noun2

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ǵʰelh₃-“to shine”
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*glōdiz“incandescence, glowing ember, burning ash”
  3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*glōdi
  4. Old English · inherited fromglēd
  5. Middle English · inherited fromgleede
  6. English todayglede

From Middle English gleede, glede, from Old English glēd, glēde (“glowing coal, ember, fire, flame, instrument of torture”), from Proto-West Germanic *glōdi, from Proto-Germanic *glōdiz (“incandescence, glowing ember, burning ash”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“to shine”). Cognate with Scots gleed (“burning coal, ember”), Saterland Frisian Gloud (“blaze, fire”), Dutch gloed (“glowing heat”), German Glut (“glowing heat, embers”), Swedish glöd (“embers”), Scots glude (“glow from a fire”). More at glow.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃- all →

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