glis.
dormouse
Meaning & usage
dormouse
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵl̥h₂-í-s (“sister-in-law”), related to Sanskrit गिरि (girí, “sister-in-law”), Ancient Greek γαλέη (galéē, “weasel”). Related to glōs (“husband's sister”).
A tenacious kind of earth
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to stick; to spread, to smear”). See also Latin glūten and glutus.
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