Kalk
German (Berlin)
/kalk/
noun
Definitions
- lime general term for inorganic materials containing calcium
- limescale, scale calcium deposit
- (Geology) chalk
- limestone calcium rock
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German kalc inherited from Old High German calc derived from Latin calx (heel, limestone, lime, pebble, chalk, game counter, mortar).
Origin
Latin
calx
Gloss
heel, limestone, lime, pebble, chalk, game counter, mortar
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
踵
Emoji
👠
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Chelsea English
- calc-sinter English
- calcite English
- calcium English
- calx English
- *calcestris Latin
- *calciāta Latin
- *calcīna Latin
- *incalciāre Latin
- calcareus Latin
- calcariensis Latin
- calcarius Latin
- calcatrippa Latin
- calceus Latin
- calceāta Latin
- calcium Latin
- calcivorus Latin
- calco Latin
- calculus Latin
- caliga Latin
- cals Latin
- calx Latin
- incalciō, incalcio, incalciāre Latin
- Ausfällung German
- Baukalk German
- Branntkalk German
- Braunkalk German
- Chlor German
- Chlorkalk German
- Kalkausfällung German
- Kalkstein German
- Kalkung German
- Natron German
- Natronkalk German
- Stein German
- bauen German
- brannte German
- braun German
- kalkhaltig German
- kalkweiß German
- weiß German
- scalciare Italian
- ка́льций Russian
- caliche Spanish, Castilian
- χάλιξ Ancient Greek
- kalk Norwegian Bokmål
- kalsitt Norwegian Bokmål
- kalk Norwegian Nynorsk
- kalsitt Norwegian Nynorsk
- cealc Old English
- chalk Middle English
- schalk Middle English
- schalke Middle English
- kalk Danish
- اَل Arabic
- kalk Icelandic
- coucillón Galician
- calc Old High German
- kalk Old High German
- cailc Old Irish
- kalc Middle High German
- *kalk Old Dutch
- kalk Middle Low German