gal-1

    gal-1

    English meaning: bald; naked, *callow (without feathers)

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “kahl, nackt”

    Note: Root gal-1 : “bald; naked” derived from Root koi-lo- : “naked; miserable”.

    Material: O.H.G. kalo (*kalu̯a-), inflectional kalwēr, M.H.G. kal “naked, bald, bleak”, O.E. calu, Eng. callow “naked, bald, bleak, callow”; O.H.G. calua “ baldness, a bald spot “; Ltv. gàla, gàle f. (lengthened grade) “ thin ice cover, glazed frost, ice “, gǜ ls “ ice-smooth “; akl. golъ “naked”, Sloven. gòɫ, Russ. góɫyi “bald, bleak, naked”, Cz. holū ds., holek “ beardless fellow “, holka “girl”, etc.; in addition Church Slavic golotь f. “ice”, Cz. holot, Russ. góɫotь f. “ ice, icing, glazing “; Bal.-Slav. *galu̯ü f. “head” in: Ltv. gal̂va f., Lith. galvà (acc. gálvą) f. “head (substantive adj.)”, O.Pruss. gallū, acc. galwan ds.; Lith. galvótas “ köpfig “ (= Ser.-Cr. glàvat); O.C.S. glava “head”, Ser.-Cr. gláva (acc. glâvu), Russ. goɫová (acc. góɫovu); Ser.-Cr. glàvat “ having a large head “, Cz. hlavatū “ köpfig “; Balt and slaw. intonation (gálvą : góɫovu) do not agree; compare Meillet Slave commun2 183, 503; Balt pushed intonation spoke after Trautmann 77 rather for kinship with Arm. ġlux “head” from *ghōlu-ko- (Meillet Esquisse 36); then however, Gmc. words must be observed as Lat. Lw. (from calvus).

    References: WP. I 537 f., WH. I 143 f., Trautmann 77; different Mũhlenbach-Endzelin I 596 f., Specht Decl. 85, 132.