Where does “kalva” come from?
kalva (Esperanto) comes from Italian calvo, from Latin calvus, from Proto-Italic kalowos, from Proto-Indo-European klh₂wós — bald.
kalva (Esperanto): bald
Ancestry of “kalva”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | calvo | bald; bald man |
| 2 | Latin | calvus | bald, hairless |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | kalowos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | klh₂wós | bald |