Where does “калям” come from?

калям (Bulgarian) comes from Proto-Slavic *kaľati — to dirty, to soil.

калям (Bulgarian): to muddy to make something dirty by covering it with mud

Definitions

  1. to muddy to make something dirty by covering it with mud

Ancestry of “калям”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*kaľatito dirty, to soil
Every word from Proto-Slavic *kaľati