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Middle English: glisnen
Old English: glisnian

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Etymology of the English word glisten

the English word glisten

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ghel-

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *glis-

Derivations in English

aglisten, glistened, glistening

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