Etymology Explorer › Old High German

Where does “chalo” come from?

chalo (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic *kalu, from Proto-Germanic kalwaz, from Proto-Indo-European gelH- — naked; head.

chalo (Old High German): bald

Definitions

  1. bald

Ancestry of “chalo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*kalu—
2Proto-Germanickalwazbald
3Proto-Indo-EuropeangelH-naked; head

Words derived from “chalo”

  • Kahlkopf
  • kahl
  • Kahlkopfwürger
  • kal
  • kōł
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gelH- →