kahl
German (Berlin)
/kaːl/
adj
Definitions
- bald, hairless
- (figurative) barren, bleak, empty, stark, bland
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German kal inherited from Old High German kalo inherited from Proto-Germanic *kalwaz (bald, naked, bare) derived from Proto-Indo-European *galw- (bald, naked) derived from Middle Low German kāl.
Origin
Middle Low German
kāl
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- callow English
- callowly English
- callowness English
- calvus Latin
- Kahlkopf German
- Kahlkopfwürger German
- Kopf German
- Würger German
- kahlscheren German
- scheren German
- calvo Italian
- kaal Dutch, Flemish
- kaalaars Dutch, Flemish
- kaalgat Dutch, Flemish
- kaalheid Dutch, Flemish
- kaalslag Dutch, Flemish
- голый Russian
- наголо Russian
- calvo Spanish, Castilian
- *gAlw-, *galw- Proto-Indo-European
- *galw- Proto-Indo-European
- *gel(H)wo- Proto-Indo-European
- *golHwos Proto-Indo-European
- *kalwaz Proto-Germanic
- golas Polish
- golec Polish
- golusi Polish
- gołota Polish
- goły Polish
- calu Old English
- calwe Middle English
- *golъ Proto-Slavic
- kalva Esperanto
- کل Persian
- cale Middle Dutch
- chalo Old High German
- kalo Old High German
- kel Turkish
- kaal Afrikaans
- kal Middle High German
- كل Ottoman Turkish
- *kalo Old Dutch
- kāl Middle Low German
- ќелав Macedonian
- kale Old Frisian
- kōł Vilamovian