Where does “calvados” come from?

calvados (Finnish) comes from French Calvados, from Latin calvus, from Proto-Italic kalowos, from Proto-Indo-European klh₂wós — bald.

calvados (Finnish): calvados

Definitions

  1. calvados

Ancestry of “calvados”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchCalvadoscalvados
2Latincalvusbald, hairless
3Proto-Italickalowos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanklh₂wósbald
Every word from Proto-Indo-European klh₂wós →Every word from Proto-Italic kalowos →Every word from Latin calvus →
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