קאַלב
Yiddish
noun
Definitions
- calf young cow or bull
- (derogatory) silly, sorry, stupid person, loon, idiot, dolt
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German kalb inherited from Proto-Germanic *kalbaz (calf).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*kalbaz
Gloss
calf
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *golbʰos Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷolbʰo Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷolbʰo- Proto-Indo-European
- *kalbaz Proto-Germanic
- cealf Old English
- cælf Old English
- kalfi Old Norse
- kalfr Old Norse
- *kalv, *kalf Old High German
- chalp Old High German
- kalb Old High German
- kalp Middle High German
- Kallef Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍉 Gothic
- *kalb gmw-pro
- calf Old Dutch
- kalf Old Saxon
- gálbi Northern Sami
- kołp Vilamovian