Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kalb

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kalbaz.

Noun

*kalb n

1. calf (young cow)

Inflection

z-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kalb
Genitive	*kalbiʀi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kalb	*kalbiʀu
Accusative	*kalb	*kalbiʀu
Genitive	*kalbiʀi	*kalbiʀō
Dative	*kalbiʀi	*kalbiʀum
Instrumental	*kalbiʀi	*kalbiʀum

Derived terms

• *kalbōn

Descendants

• Old English: ċealf, cælf
  • Middle English: calf, chelve, chalf, kelf
    • Scots: calf, cawf, caff, cauf
    • English: calf
    • Yola: callef
• Old Frisian: *kalf, *kālch, *kāl
  • North Frisian: kuulew, kualew
  • Saterland Frisian: Koolich
  • West Frisian: keal
• Old Saxon: kalf
  • Middle Low German: kalf
    • Low German: Kalv, Kalf
    • Plautdietsch: Kaulf
• Old Dutch: calf
  • Middle Dutch: calf
    • Dutch: kalf
    • Limburgish: kalf
• Old High German: kalb, chalb, chalp
  • Middle High German: kalp
    • Alemannic German: Chalp
    • Central Franconian: Kallev
    • Cimbrian: khalp, khalbe (Luserna)
    • German: Kalb
    • Luxembourgish: Kallef
    • Vilamovian: kołp
    • Yiddish: קאַלב (kalb)