glōgh- : glǝgh-

glōgh- : glǝgh-
    glōgh- : glǝgh-
    English meaning: spike
    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘stachel, Spitze”
    Material: Gk. γλῶχες “ spike of the ear “, γλωχΐς, -ῖνος f. “cusp, peak”, γλῶσσα, Att. γλῶττα, Ion. γλάσσα “reed” (originally nom. *γλῶχι̯ᾱ gen. γλαχι̯ᾶς); Serb.-Church Slavic (etc.) glogъ “thorn”; perhaps O.N. kleggi “gadfly, brake” as “ piercing little animal “, or as *klajjan- “ the sticking, the clinging “ to IE glei-, s. gel-1 “ clench “ extension gl-ei-, S. 363.
    References: WP. I 662, Trautmann 91, Schwyzer Gk. I 474, 3.

Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.

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