Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kalwaz

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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

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Etymology

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From pre-Germanic *golH-wo-s (found also in Balto-Slavic), from Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (bald, bare; head).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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*kalwaz[1]

  1. bald

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*kalwa-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 278