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Breton | glaz | green, blue |
Gael.I. | glas | green |
Engl. | glass | glass |
Prov. | glas | light blue |
Franç. | glace | ice; mirror, looking-glass |
Germ. | gletscher | (from Romance substr.) glacier |
R.Rom. | glatsch | shiny |
R.Rom. | martin sül glatsch | Kingfisher. There is no direct connection between |
the Kingfisher and ice (it flees the ice, therefore the relation is opposite) but, like the ice, it so called from its blue-green metallic colours. Cf. Russian lëd "ice", Czech lednik "Kingfisher" ð3.1.10.; Germ. eis "ice"; eisvogel Kingfisher ð3.4.3.1. |
Roman. | pasâre-de-ghiatâ | Kingfisher ; see preceding word |
Alb. | glasë | bird dropping, Esp. perdigónð3.2.44. |
Alb. | gjasë | appearance |