kaal
Dutch (Brabantic)
/kaːl/
adj
Definitions
- without defining features, smooth, bland, plain
- bald, bare, without fur, plumage, foliage etc.
- (of a person) skinned, without means, in a poor state
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch cale inherited from Old Dutch *kalo inherited from Proto-Germanic *kalwaz (bald, naked, bare) derived from Proto-Indo-European *galw- (bald, naked).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*galw-
Gloss
bald, naked
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- callow English
- callowly English
- callowness English
- Kahlkopf German
- Kahlkopfwürger German
- kahl German
- kahlscheren German
- aars Dutch, Flemish
- gat Dutch, Flemish
- kaalaars Dutch, Flemish
- kaalgat Dutch, Flemish
- kaalheid Dutch, Flemish
- kaalslag Dutch, Flemish
- slag Dutch, Flemish
- *galw- Proto-Indo-European
- *gel(H)wo- Proto-Indo-European
- *golHwos Proto-Indo-European
- *kalwaz Proto-Germanic
- calu Old English
- calwe Middle English
- *golъ Proto-Slavic
- cale Middle Dutch
- chalo Old High German
- kalo Old High German
- kaal Afrikaans
- kaaldans Afrikaans
- kaalgat Afrikaans
- kal Middle High German
- *kalo Old Dutch
- kāl Middle Low German
- keal Western Frisian
- kale Old Frisian