calu
Old English
adj
Definitions
- (of persons) bald
- (of plants) bare
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *kalwaz (bald, naked, bare) derived from Proto-Indo-European *golHwos (naked, bald), *gelH- (bald head).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gelH-
Gloss
bald head
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- callow English
- calvous English
- calveo Latin
- calvities Latin
- calvus Latin
- decalvo Latin
- recalvus Latin
- calvo Italian
- chauve French
- calvo Spanish, Castilian
- *galw- Proto-Indo-European
- *gel(H)wo- Proto-Indo-European
- *gelH- Proto-Indo-European
- *golHwos Proto-Indo-European
- *klh₂wós Proto-Indo-European
- *kl̥H-wó-s Proto-Indo-European
- *kl̥h₂wós Proto-Indo-European
- calvo Portuguese
- *kalwaz Proto-Germanic
- कुल्व Sanskrit
- calwe Middle English
- *golva Proto-Slavic
- *golъ Proto-Slavic
- calb Catalan, Valencian
- chel Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- کل Persian
- cale Middle Dutch
- chalo Old High German
- kalo Old High German
- kalva Ido
- kel Turkish
- kellik Turkish
- kal Middle High German
- كل Ottoman Turkish
- *kalo Old Dutch
- calvo Old Portuguese
- *kalowos Proto-Italic
- calvu Asturian
- голъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- galėti Lithuanian
- *kl̥Hwás Proto-Indo-Aryan
- kale Old Frisian
- *galˀwā́ˀ Proto-Balto-Slavic