- kelǝu̯ o-, keleu̯o-
- kelǝu̯ o-, keleu̯o-English meaning: baldDeutsche Übersetzung: “kahl”Material: O.Ind. áti-kūrva-, -kū̆ lva- “whole naked, bald, bleak”, Av. kaurva-, Pers. kal “haarlos, naked, bald, bleak”, O.Ind. külvülīkr̥ ta- “naked, bald, bleak gemacht”; Lat. calvus “naked, bald, bleak, haarlos” (basic form Ital. kalou̯os from IE *keleu̯os because of:) Osc. Kalúvieís (besides Osc. Kalaviis “Calvius”, päl. Calauan[s]), wherefore Lat. calva “cranium, cranium”, calvüria ds., in Glossen also “goblet”. About die versuchte Vermittlung with Ger. kahl under assumption IE Anlautschwankung see under kal- “naked, bald, bleak”; other anklingende words are (with expressive kh-) O.Ind. khalatí- “ baldheaded “, khalvüta- ds. (: Arm. xalam “cranium”?).References: WP. I 447, WH. I 143 f.
Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.