Where does “calf” come from?

calf (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch calf, from Proto-West Germanic kalb, from Proto-Germanic kalbaz, from Proto-Indo-European gʷolbʰo — womb, animal young.

calf (Middle Dutch): calf

Definitions

  1. calf

Ancestry of “calf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchcalfcalf
2Proto-West Germanickalbcalf
3Proto-Germanickalbazcalf
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷolbʰowomb, animal young

Words derived from “calf”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷolbʰo →Every word from Proto-Germanic kalbaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic kalb →
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