Where does “کل” come from?

کل (Persian) comes from Arabic كُلّ — each, every, whole, all.

کل (Persian): bald; totally; piece, part

Definitions

  1. bald; totally; piece, part

Ancestry of “کل”, step by step

کل traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic كُلّ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicكُلّeach, every, whole, all

via Proto-Indo-European gelH-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-EuropeangelH-naked; head

Words derived from “کل

Every word from Arabic كُلّ