Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gelH-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

Etymology

Formally unable to be related to Proto-Indo-European *kl̥H- (“bald, naked”); however, the superficial phonetic and semantic resemblance of the two roots, as well as the existence of words meaning "bald" (a non-basic vocabulary term) in various descendants of both roots via the same suffixing pattern of -wó-s, is striking.

Root

*gelH-

1. naked
2. head

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gelH- (26 c, 0 e)

• *golH-o-s
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
    • Proto-Slavic: *golъ (see there for further descendants)
• *golH-weh₂
  • Proto-Albanian: *gāla
    • Albanian: guall
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *galˀwā́ˀ
    • East Baltic:
      • Latgalian: golva
      • Latvian: gal̂va
      • Lithuanian: galvà
    • West Baltic:
      • Old Prussian: gallū, galwo
      • Sudovian: kałfa
    • Proto-Slavic: *golvà (see there for further descendants)
• *golH-wo-s
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *galˀwas
    • Proto-Slavic: *golvъ (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Germanic: *kalwaz (see there for further descendants)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Proto-Albanian:
    • Albanian: gollomësh (“naked; bat”)
  • >? Old Armenian: գլուխ (glux, “head”)
    • Armenian: գլուխ (glux)
      • Kurdish:

        → Northern Kurdish: kilox

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