Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kl̥H-
Proto-Indo-European
editEtymology
editFormally unable to be related to Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (“naked, head”); however, the superficial phonetic and semantic resemblance of the two roots, as well as the existence of words meaning "bald" (a non-basic vocabulary term) in various descendants of both roots via the same suffixing pattern of -wó-s, is striking.[1]
Root
editReconstruction notes
editThe root is only attested in zero-grade derivatives, so it is unclear whether the root should be *kelH- or *kleH-.
Derived terms
edit- *kl̥H-wó-s
- *kl̥H-wéh₂
References
edit- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “galva”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 162-3
- ^ 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