Where does “Kallef” come from?

Kallef (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German calf, from Proto-Germanic kalbaz, from Proto-Indo-European gʷolbʰo — womb, animal young.

Kallef (Luxembourgish): calf

Definitions

  1. calf

Ancestry of “Kallef”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germancalf—
2Proto-Germanickalbazcalf
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷolbʰowomb, animal young

Words derived from “Kallef”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷolbʰo →Every word from Proto-Germanic kalbaz →Every word from Old High German calf →