Where does “kales” come from?

kales (Cornish) comes from Latin Calēs, from West Flemish Kales, from Latin Caletum, from Proto-Celtic kaletos, from Proto-Indo-European kal- — hard; beautiful; handsome.

kales (Cornish): hard; tough (resistant to pressure)

Definitions

  1. hard; tough (resistant to pressure)

Ancestry of “kales”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinCalēs
2West FlemishKales
3LatinCaletumCalais
4Proto-Celtickaletoshard
5Proto-Indo-Europeankal-hard; beautiful; handsome

Words derived from “kales

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kal-