gʰleu-
to be happy, joyful, gleeful
Reflexes - Pokorny
| Language | Reflex(es) | Gloss | Grammar | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Old English | glēam | joy, joyous noise, jubilation | n.masc | IEW ASD LRC |
| Old English | glēo, gleow | glee, music, entertainment | n.neut | ASD LRC |
| Old English | glēoman | gleeman | n.masc | AHD LRC |
| Old English | glīw, glig(g) | glee, jesting, minstrelsy | n.neut | RPN ASD LRC |
| Middle English | glee | glee | n | W7 LRC |
| Middle English | gleman | gleeman | n | AHD LRC |
| English | glee | joy, mirth, merriment | n | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | gleeful | merry, lit. full of glee | adj | W7 LRC |
| English | gleeman | minstrel, medieval itinerant singer | n | AHD LRC |
| English | Gléowine | Theoden's minstrel in Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings | prop.n | LRC |
| Scots English | glamer | noise | n | ICE LRC |
| North Germanic | ||||
| Old Norse | glȳ | glee | n.neut | W7 ASD LRC |
| Old Icelandic | glam | noise, tinkling sound, clash of weapons | n.masc | ICE LRC |
| Old Icelandic | glaumr | merry noise, noisy jubilation; host, crowd | n.masc | ICE IEW LRC |
| Old Icelandic | gleyma | to make gleeful noise | vb | IEW LRC |
| Old Icelandic | glymja | to sound, resound | vb | IEW LRC |
| Old Icelandic | glymr | din, noise, racket | n | IEW LRC |
| Balto-Slavic | ||||
| Old Lithuanian | glaudas, glauda | pastime, diversion | n.masc | IEW LRC |
| Old Lithuanian | gláudoti | to joke, jest, banter | vb | IEW LRC |
| Latvian | glaudât | to joke, jest, banter | vb | IEW LRC |
| Hellenic | ||||
| Greek | διαχλευάζω | to joke, mock | vb | LRC |
| Greek | chleuē | joke | n | W7 LRC |