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From Proto-Baltic *glitus, *glītus, from Proto-Indo-European *glīt-, the zero grade of *gley- (“to stick; to spread, to smear”) with an extra -t. From a parallel Baltic yo-stem from *glītyas came Latvian dialectal glīšs. The meaning changed from “slippery” to “smooth; tight-fitting” (a meaning still attested in folk songs), to “pleasant, pretty.” Cognates include Lithuanian glitùs, dialectal glytùs (“slimy, sticky; slick, slippery”), Ancient Greek γλοιός (gloiós, “sticky, slippery”), Late Latin glus (“glue”), accusative glutem (whence English glue), from earlier Latin glūten.[1]

glīts (definite glītais, comparative glītāks, superlative visglītākais, adverb glīti)

  1. pretty, handsome, neat, good-looking (corresponding to aesthetic ideals; well, skillfully, carefully made)
    glīta meitene, sievete, seja ― pretty girl, woman, face
    glīts dzīvoklis, kostīms ― pretty, neat apartment, costume
    glīta māja ― pretty, neat house
    glītas mēbeles ― pretty, neat furniture
    glīts darbs, rokraksts, adījums ― neat work, handwriting, knit
  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “glīts”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN