Etymograph

English

gley

Gley comes from Ukrainian ґлей ‘clayey soil’, from Proto-Slavic *glьjь ‘clay, loam’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gleh₁y-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*gl̥h₁y-ó-sreconstructed
  3. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*glьjь‘clay, loam’reconstructed
  4. Ukrainianmodernґлейglej‘clayey soil’
  5. Englishtodaygley

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gleh₁y-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*gl̥h₁y-ó-sreconstructed
  3. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*glьjь‘clay, loam’reconstructed
  4. Ukrainianmodernґлейglej‘clayey soil’
  5. Englishtodaygley

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y-

clem, gleam, 3 more

Today it means

noun A type of hydric soil, sticky, greenish-blue-grey in colour and low in oxygen.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y- / gley

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