Pokorny's dictionary : List with all references

Number: 893

Root: k_elǝu̯o-, k_eleu̯o-

English meaning: bald

German meaning: `kahl'

Material: Ai. áti-kūrva-, -kū̆lva- `ganz kahl', av. kaurva-, npers. kal `haarlos, kahl', ai. kālvālīkr̥ta- `kahl gemacht';

lat. calvus `kahl, haarlos' (Gdf. ital. kalou̯os aus idg. *k_eleu̯os wegen:) osk. Kalúvieís (daneben osk. Kalaviis `Calvius', päl. Calauan[s]), wozu lat. calva `Hirnschale, Schädel', calvāria ds., in Glossen auch `Becher'.

Über die versuchte Vermittlung mit nhd. kahl unter Annahme idg. Anlautschwankung s. unter kal- `kahl'; andere anklingende Worte sind (mit expressivem kh-) ai. khalatí- `kahlköpfig', khalvāta- ds. (: arm. xalam `Schädel'?).

References: WP. I 447, WH. I 143 f.

Pages: 554

PIE database: PIE database

Proto-IE: *kalw-

Meaning: bald

Old Indian: kulva- `bald'; khalatí- `bald-headed, bald', khalvāṭa-, khalliṭa- id.

Avestan: kaurva-

Other Iranian: NPers kal 'haarlos, kahl'

Latin: calvus, -a `kahl(geschoren)'

Other Italic: Osk Kalúvieis `Calvii', Kalaviis `Calvius', Paelign Calauan(s) `Calvanus'

Russ. meaning: лысый

References: WP I 447

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