ĝel-, ĝelǝ-, ĝlē-, (also *gelēi- :) ĝ(e)lǝi-

    ĝel-, ĝelǝ-, ĝlē-, (also *gelēi- :) ĝ(e)lǝi-

    English meaning: light, to shine; to be joyful

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “hell, heiter glänzen” and “heiter sein, lächeln, lachen”

    Material: Arm. caɫr, gen. caɫu “ laughter “ (probably with u from ō = gr *γαλώς, therefore γέλως), cicaɫim “ laugh “, perhaps (after Petersson KZ. 47, 289) also caɫik (gen. caɫkan) “flower, blossom”; Gk. γελάω, ἐγέλα(σ)σα “ laugh “, γελαστός “ laughable “, Dor. (Pind.) γελᾱνής “ laughing, cheerful “ (*γελασ-νής due to being reshaped from *γέλας, n. to m. γέλως, originally s-stem as κρέας, IE *ĝele-s, Eol. to γέλος n.), γέλως, -ωτος, acc. γέλω m. “ laughter “ (probably after γελάω colored *γαλώς = Arm. caɫr ds.); γελεῖν λάμπειν, ἀνθεῖν Hes.; with reduced grade the 1. syllable Γαλα-τεία Nereid name (?), γαληνός “cheerful, peaceful” (*γαλασνός), γαλήνη (Eol. zero grade γέλᾱνα) “cheeriness, calm (at sea) “; with zero grade the 1. syllable γλῆ-νος n. ‘superb example, splendour piece; things to stare at, shows, wonders “, γλήνη “ the pupil of the eye, eyeball “. ĝlǝi- in γλαινοί τὰ λαμπρύσματα Hes., at first to O.H.G. kleini “gleaming, dainty, fine” (Ger. klein, in old meaning still in Kleinod and Swiss chlein and chlīn, with unexplained ī), O.E. clǣ ne “pure”, Eng. clean; with formants -u̯o-: ἀγλα[F]ός “ of persons, famous, distinguished; of objects, events, splendid; lovely bright, superb, pretty “ (*ἀγα-γλαFός?), ἀγλαΐα “ splendour, beauty; joy, triumph; pl., festivities, merriment; adornment, of a horse’s mane, colours of oyster’s shell; one of the Graces, who presided over victory in the games “ (here also ἀγάλλω “ glorify, adorn, Med. be adorned, be glad “, with ἀ- == n̥ “in”? An other attempt by Boisacq 5); about O.E. clǣ nе “pure”, O.H.G. kleini “gleaming” see above; the Celtic and Bal.-Slav. color adjective O.Ir. gel “luminous, white”, glan “pure”, Lith.gel̃tas “yellow, blond” etc. might be placed because of the Gmc. parallels preferred to color root ĝhel- (see there); only if galbus was genuine Lat., it would have to be put together with Lith. gul̃bis etc. here.

    References: WP. I 622 ff., 628, WH. I 578 f., Schwyzer Gk. I 682, Specht Decl. 123, 144.