Where does “glåvă” come from?

glåvă (Polabian) comes from Proto-Slavic golvà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic galˀwā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European gelH- — naked; head.

glåvă (Polabian): head

Definitions

  1. head

Ancestry of “glåvă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicgolvàhead
2Proto-Balto-Slavicgalˀwā́ˀhead
3Proto-Indo-EuropeangelH-naked; head
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gelH- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic galˀwā́ˀ →Every word from Proto-Slavic golvà →