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.[1]

    Root

    *gelH-[2]

    1. naked
    2. head

    Derived terms

    Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gelH- (46 c, 0 e)
    • *golH-o-s
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
        • Proto-Slavic: *golъ (see there for further descendants)
    • *golH-weh₂
    • *golH-wo-s
      • Proto-Albanian: *gāla[3]
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *galˀwas
        • Proto-Slavic: *golvъ (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Germanic: *kalwaz (see there for further descendants)
    Unsorted formations
    • Proto-Albanian:
    • >? Old Armenian: գլուխ (glux, “head”)

      References

      1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “galva”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 162-3
      2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*kalwa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 278
      3. ^ Oryol, Vladimir E. (1998), “guall”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 126
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