Where does “scalvare” come from?

scalvare (Italian) comes from Italian calvo, from Latin calvus, from Proto-Italic kalowos, from Proto-Indo-European klh₂wós — bald.

scalvare (Italian): to prune heavily

Definitions

  1. to prune heavily

Ancestry of “scalvare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancalvobald; bald man
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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