Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gelH-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Root

*gelH-[1]

naked
head

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gelH-‎ (27 c, 0 e)

*golH-o-s
- Proto-Balto-Slavic:
  - Proto-Slavic: *golъ (see there for further descendants)
*golH-weh₂
- Proto-Albanian: *gāla[2]
  - Albanian: guall
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *galˀwā́ˀ
  - East Baltic:
    - Latgalian: golva
    - Latvian: gal̂va
    - Lithuanian: galvà
  - West Baltic:
    - Old Prussian: gallū, galwo
    - Sudovian: kałfa
  - Proto-Slavic: *golvà (see there for further descendants)
*golH-wo-s
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *galˀwas
  - Proto-Slavic: *golvъ (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Germanic: *kalwaz (see there for further descendants)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kalwa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 278
Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “guall”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 126

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

[2] Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “guall”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 126