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Bedauye (Beja) etymology :
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Bedauye: gʷɔlʔa
Meaning: 'baldness'
Notes: <Eth?
bedet-prnum,bedet-meaning,bedet-notes,
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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *gʷVlaḥ- (?)
Meaning: be bald
Notes: Only Sem. if the Cush. forms are from Eth.
afaset-meaning,afaset-prnum,afaset-sem,afaset-bed,afaset-agw,afaset-lec,afaset-notes,
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Semitic etymology :
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Number: 150
Proto-Semitic: *gʷVlaḥ-
Meaning: 'make bald' 1, 'become bald' 2, 'be shaved' 3
Hebrew: glḥ 1
Arabic: glḥ [-a-] 2
Geʕez (Ethiopian): gʷalḥa 3
semet-proto,semet-prnum,semet-meaning,semet-hbr,semet-ara,semet-gzz,
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Central Cushitic (Agaw) etymology :
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Proto-Agaw: *gwalh-
Meaning: 'be bald'
Bilin: gʷalh-ay-
Notes: <Eth?
agwet-prnum,agwet-meaning,agwet-bil,agwet-notes,
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Low East Cushitic etymology :
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Proto-Low East Cushitic: *gVlaḥ-
Meaning: 'bald spot, baldness'
Somali: gɔlaḥ, galaḥi
Notes: <Eth?
lecet-prnum,lecet-meaning,lecet-som,lecet-notes,
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Long-range etymologies :
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Borean (approx.) : KVLV
Meaning : smooth
African (misc.) : Cf. Bantu *-kúduŋg- "make smooth and round".
globet-meaning,globet-nostr,globet-afas,globet-afr,globet-reference,
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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *gVlV
Meaning: be smooth
References: ND 626 *gUḷ[E]ħu 'be smooth' (distinguished from *giɫħu 'glittering'). nostret-meaning,nostret-prnum,nostret-ier,nostret-ura,nostret-kart,nostret-reference,
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *ghlādh-
Meaning: smooth, glossy
Latin: glaber, -a `glatt, unbehaart, kahl'
Russ. meaning: гладкий, глянцевый
References: WP I 624 f
piet-meaning,piet-slav,piet-balt,piet-germ,piet-lat,piet-rusmean,piet-refer,
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Vasmer's dictionary :
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Word: гла́дкий,
Near etymology: гла́док, гла́дка, гла́дко, укр. гладкий, др.-русск., ст.-слав. гладъкъ, болг. гла́дък, сербохорв. гла̏дак, словен. gládǝk, чеш., слвц. hladký, польск. gɫadki, в.-луж. hɫadki, н.-луж. gɫadki.
Further etymology: Родственно лит. glodùs "прилегающий", а также словам, приводимым на гла́дить, лат. glaber "гладкий, безволосый, лысый", д.-в.-н. glat "гладкий, блестящий", нов.-в.-н. glatt "гладкий", англ. glad "довольный, радостный"; см. Бернекер 1, 300 и сл.; Буга, РФВ 70, 107; Траутман, BSW 90 и сл.; Торп 147; М. -- Э. 1, 623.
Trubachev's comments: [См. еще Славский 1, 287. -- Т.]
Pages: 1,409
vasmer-general,vasmer-origin,vasmer-trubachev,vasmer-pages,
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Baltic etymology :
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Proto-Baltic: *glā̃d-u-, -n-u-, -n-a-, *glō̃d-n-u-, -n-a-, *glō̃t-n-u-, -n-a- adj., *glā̂d- vb. tr., *glā̂d-(s)ta- (1) c., *glā̂d-(s)tā̂ f., *glā̂(d)-s= (1)
Meaning: smooth
Lithuanian: glōdù-, glōdnù-, glō̃dna-, gluodnù-, gluõdna-, gluotnù-, gluõtna- `glatt (anliegend), glatt gestrichen, sanft'; glṓsti, -džiu `polieren, schleifen, glätten, glatt streichen'
Lettish: glãsts `Streicheln, Liebkosung', glãsît, glãstît, glâstît (-u, -ĩju) 'sanft streicheln, liebkosen'
Old Prussian: glosto `Wetzstein' V. 373
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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *glada-
Meaning: glad
Old Norse: glaδ-r `froh, fröhlich; glänzend'
Norwegian: glad
Swedish: glad `froh, fröhlich, heiter'
Danish: glad
Old English: gläd `shining, bright; glad, cheerful, joyous, bright; pleasant, kind, mild, courteous'
English: glad
Old Frisian: gled `glatt'
Old Saxon: glad-mōd(i) `fröhlich'
Middle Dutch: glat `glad, glinsterend'
Dutch: glad
Middle Low German: glat
Old High German: glat `glänzend, hell, klar' (8.Jh.)
Middle High German: glat 'glatt, glänzend' { gelat }
German: glatt
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Uralic etymology :
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Number: 307
Proto: *kilV (*külV)
English meaning: slick, slippery
German meaning: glatt, schlüpfrig
Udmurt (Votyak): gi̮li̮t (S) 'schlüpfrig', gị̑lị̑t (G), gi̮li̮d (M) 'id., glatt'
Komi (Zyrian): gi̮li̮d (S), gø.løt
Khanty (Ostyak): kȯ̆ḷi (Trj.), kŏlǝ (Kr.), kuli (O) 'glatt (Weg); schnellfahrend'
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Kartvelian etymology :
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Proto-Kartvelian: *glas-
Russian meaning: обмазывать, мазать
English meaning: to smear
Georgian: gles-, glis-
Megrel: gilos-
Notes and references: EWK 86. Возможно, суффиксальное образование; без суффикса ср. груз. glu, диал. gluv- 'гладкий'. Последнее Иллич-Свитыч (ОСНЯ 1, 229-230) возводит к ностр. *gi[ɫ]ħu 'гладкий и блестящий' (реально здесь, видимо, два корня: картв. *gl- 'гладкий, мазать' может быть сопоставлено только с ПИЕ *ghlā̆-dh- 'гладкий').
kartet-prnum,kartet-rusmean,kartet-meaning,kartet-gru,kartet-meg,kartet-notes,
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