Etymology

glister

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Today it means: To gleam, glisten, or coruscate. Full definition →

Middle English glisteren ← Middle Dutch glisteren ← Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley-
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glister · verb, noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ǵʰley-
  2. Middle Dutch · derived fromglisteren
  3. Middle English · inherited fromglisteren
  4. English todayglister

From Middle English glisteren, either borrowed from or related to Middle Low German and/or Middle Dutch glisteren; like a host of other Germanic words in gl- related to shining, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley-.

glister · noun2

Compare Old French glistere.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰley- all →

glitterglimpsegloomgleamglintglimgloomies

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