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Where does “*kalu” come from?

*kalu (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic kalwaz, from Proto-Indo-European gelH- — naked; head.

Ancestry of “*kalu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickalwazbald
2Proto-Indo-EuropeangelH-naked; head
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