- gleann
- a glen, so Irish, Early Irish glenn, glend, Welsh glan, brink, shore, Middle Breton glenn, country, Breton glann, river bank: *glennos (a neuter s-stem). Stokes compares Middle High German klinnen, Swiss klänen, to climb, Norse klunna, cling to. Norse gil?
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.