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

Definitions

  1. bald

Ancestry of “kalva”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancalvobald; bald man
2Latincalvusbald, hairless
3Proto-Italickalowos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanklh₂wósbald

Words derived from “kalva”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European klh₂wós →Every word from Proto-Italic kalowos →Every word from Latin calvus →