Where does “kāl” come from?

kāl (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse kál, from Old English cāwel, from Proto-West Germanic *kauli, from Latin caulis, from Ancient Greek καυλός, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂ulós.

Ancestry of “kāl”, step by step

kāl traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse kál

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsekálcabbage, kale
2Old Englishcāwelcolewort
3Proto-West Germanic*kaulicabbage, colewort
4Latincaulisdative plural of caulae; ablative plural of...
5Ancient Greekκαυλόςstem, stalk; shaft
6Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂ulós—

via Proto-Germanic *kalb

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*kalb—
2Proto-Germanickalbazcalf
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷolbʰowomb, animal young

Words derived from “kāl”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂ulós →Every word from Ancient Greek καυλός →Every word from Latin caulis →