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Where does “galwo” come from?

galwo (Old Prussian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic galˀwā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European gelH- — naked; head.

galwo (Old Prussian): head

Definitions

  1. head

Ancestry of “galwo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavicgalˀwā́ˀhead
2Proto-Indo-EuropeangelH-naked; head
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gelH- →