Where does “kailums” come from?

kailums (Latvian) comes from Latvian kails, from Proto-Baltic kail-, from Proto-Indo-European koil-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱei- — to lie with, store, be familiar.

kailums (Latvian): nakedness, nudity; baldness, bald spot; having no...

Definitions

  1. nakedness, nudity; baldness, bald spot; having no...

Ancestry of “kailums”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latviankailsnaked, nude, bare; bald; without leaves, without...
2Proto-Baltickail-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeankoil-safe, unharmed
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱei-to lie with, store, be familiar
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱei- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European koil- →Every word from Proto-Baltic kail- →