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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kalwaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *golH-wo-s, from Proto-Indo-European *gelH-, a root found only in Germanic and Balto-Slavic.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑl.wɑz/

Adjective

*kalwaz [1]

  1. bald

Inflection


Descendants

  • Old English: calu
    • Middle English: calwe
  • Old Frisian: kale, kāle
    • Saterland Frisian: koal
    • West Frisian: keal
  • Old Saxon: kalo
  • Old Dutch: *kalo
  • Old High German: kalo, chalo; kalwēr, chalwēr, chalawēr
    • Middle High German: kal
      • German: kahl
      • Luxembourgish: kuel
  • Old Norse: *kǫlr
    • Swedish: kalka (dialectal)

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*kalwa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 278
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