English
glazen
Glazen comes from Middle English glasen ‘made of glass’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *glasą.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*glasą1‘amber, glass’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*glas2‘glass’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*glasīn3‘glazen, made of glass’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150glæsen3‘made of glass’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500glasen3‘made of glass’
- Englishtodayglazen3
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Proto-West Germanic *glas
- 2 Wiktionary, Proto-West Germanic *glasīn
- 3 Wiktionary, English glazen
Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*glasąWiktionary, Proto-West Germanic *glas‘amber, glass’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*glasWiktionary, Proto-West Germanic *glasīn‘glass’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*glasīnWiktionary, English glazen‘glazen, made of glass’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150glæsenWiktionary, English glazen‘made of glass’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500glasenWiktionary, English glazen‘made of glass’
- EnglishtodayglazenWiktionary, English glazen
Formed from glass + -en
Proto-Germanic *glasą ‘amber’
Proto-West Germanic *glas ‘glass’
Old English glæs
Middle English glas
English glass
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- ‘to call’
yell, gale, yelp, gloat, geld, 15 more
through Proto-Germanic *glasą ‘amber, glass’
through Proto-West Germanic *glas ‘glass’
through Middle English glasen ‘made of glass’
Today it means
adj Made or consisting of glass.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “glazen”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-West Germanic *glas, Proto-West Germanic *glasīn. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *glasą / glazen