gloa

gloa

See also: glóa

Bavarian

Etymology

From Middle High German klein, kleine, from Old High German kleini, from Proto-West Germanic *klaini, from Proto-Germanic *klainī (“shining, fine, splendid, tender”), from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y- (“to cleave, stick”). Cognates include German klein, Dutch klein, Yiddish קליין (kleyn), English clean.

Adjective

gloa (stem gloan-, comperative gloaner or gleaner, superlative gloanstn or gleanstn)

  1. alternative spelling of kloa (“small, little”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

gloa m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of glo

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

gloa f

  1. definite singular of glo
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