English

glowlight

From glow + light.

A compound of glow + light

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰleh₁- ‘to shine, glow’

Middle English glouen

English glow

Proto-Indo-European *lewk- ‘to shine’

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Proto-Germanic *leuhtą

Proto-West Germanic *leuht ‘light’

Old English lēoht

Middle English light ‘light, illumination’

English light

Today it means

noun A fish, the glowlight danio (Danio choprae).

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

Etymograph / glowlight