An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/gleißen

by Friedrich Kluge

gleißen, vb., ‘to shine, glitter,’ from MidHG. glîȥen, OHG. glîȥȥan, str. vb., ‘to shine, light, glitter’; corresponding to OSax. glîtan, to which Goth. glitmunjan, OIc. glita, glitra (E. to glitter), ‘to shine.’ The OTeut. root ghlī̆d (pre-Teut. ghlī̆d) appears also in glitzern.