Where does “calad” come from?

calad (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic kaletos, from Proto-Indo-European kal- — hard; beautiful; handsome.

calad (Old Irish): shore, port, landing-place; land

Definitions

  1. shore, port, landing-place; land

Ancestry of “calad”, step by step

calad traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Celtic kaletos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtickaletoshard
2Proto-Indo-Europeankal-hard; beautiful; handsome

via Late Latin calatum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latincalatumaccusative supine of calō

Words derived from “calad”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kal- →Every word from Proto-Celtic kaletos →