< Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European
Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kl̥H-
Proto-Indo-European
Root
*kl̥H-[1][2]
- bald, naked
Reconstruction notes
The root is only attested in zero-grade derivatives, so it is unclear whether the root should be *kelH- or *kleH-.
Derived terms
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kl̥H-
- *kl̥H-wó-s
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *kl̥Hwás
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *kl̥Hwás
- Sanskrit: कुल्व (kulvá)
- Proto-Iranian: *kr̥Hwáh
- Avestan: 𐬐𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀 (kauruua)
- Persian: کل (kal, “bald”)
- → Turkish: kel
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *kl̥Hwás
- Proto-Italic: *kalowos
- Latin: calvus (“bald, hairless”) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *kl̥Hwás
- *kl̥H-wéh₂
- Proto-Italic: *kalowā
- Latin: calva (“skull”) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Italic: *kalowā
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*kalwaz”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 287
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “calvus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 85