"kl̥H-" meaning in Proto-Indo-European

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Root

Etymology: Formally unable to be related to Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (“naked, head”); 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. Etymology templates: {{ncog|ine-pro|*gelH-|t=naked, head}} Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (“naked, head”)
  1. bald, naked Wikipedia link: Brill Publishers Tags: morpheme, reconstruction
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*kl̥H-wó-s"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "iir-pro",
            "2": "*kl̥Hwás"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *kl̥Hwás",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *kl̥Hwás"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-pro",
            "2": "*kl̥Hwás"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *kl̥Hwás",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *kl̥Hwás"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sa",
            "2": "कुल्व",
            "tr": "kulvá"
          },
          "expansion": "Sanskrit: कुल्व (kulvá)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sanskrit: कुल्व (kulvá)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ira-pro",
            "2": "*kr̥Hwáh"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Iranian: *kr̥Hwáh",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Iranian: *kr̥Hwáh"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ae",
            "2": "𐬐𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀"
          },
          "expansion": "Avestan: 𐬐𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀 (kaᵘruua)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Avestan: 𐬐𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀 (kaᵘruua)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa",
            "2": "کل",
            "t": "bald",
            "tr": "kal"
          },
          "expansion": "Persian: کل (kal, “bald”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Persian: کل (kal, “bald”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 5,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "kel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: kel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: kel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "itc-pro",
            "2": "*kalowos"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Italic: *kalowos",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Italic: *kalowos"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "calvus",
            "t": "bald, hairless"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: calvus (“bald, hairless”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: calvus (“bald, hairless”) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*kl̥H-wéh₂"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "itc-pro",
            "2": "*kalowā"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Italic: *kalowā",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Italic: *kalowā"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "calva",
            "t": "skull"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: calva (“skull”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: calva (“skull”) (see there for further descendants)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*gelH-",
        "t": "naked, head"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (“naked, head”)",
      "name": "ncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Formally unable to be related to Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (“naked, head”); 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.",
  "lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
  "lang_code": "ine-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kl̥H-",
  "pos": "root",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European irregularly shaped roots",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European roots",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bald, naked"
      ],
      "id": "en-kl̥H--ine-pro-root-IsR95PMW",
      "links": [
        [
          "bald",
          "bald"
        ],
        [
          "naked",
          "naked"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Brill Publishers"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kl̥H-"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*kl̥H-wó-s"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "iir-pro",
            "2": "*kl̥Hwás"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *kl̥Hwás",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *kl̥Hwás"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-pro",
            "2": "*kl̥Hwás"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *kl̥Hwás",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *kl̥Hwás"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sa",
            "2": "कुल्व",
            "tr": "kulvá"
          },
          "expansion": "Sanskrit: कुल्व (kulvá)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sanskrit: कुल्व (kulvá)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ira-pro",
            "2": "*kr̥Hwáh"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Iranian: *kr̥Hwáh",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Iranian: *kr̥Hwáh"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ae",
            "2": "𐬐𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀"
          },
          "expansion": "Avestan: 𐬐𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀 (kaᵘruua)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Avestan: 𐬐𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀 (kaᵘruua)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa",
            "2": "کل",
            "t": "bald",
            "tr": "kal"
          },
          "expansion": "Persian: کل (kal, “bald”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Persian: کل (kal, “bald”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 5,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "kel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: kel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: kel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "itc-pro",
            "2": "*kalowos"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Italic: *kalowos",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Italic: *kalowos"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "calvus",
            "t": "bald, hairless"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: calvus (“bald, hairless”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: calvus (“bald, hairless”) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*kl̥H-wéh₂"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "itc-pro",
            "2": "*kalowā"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Italic: *kalowā",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Italic: *kalowā"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "calva",
            "t": "skull"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: calva (“skull”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: calva (“skull”) (see there for further descendants)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*gelH-",
        "t": "naked, head"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (“naked, head”)",
      "name": "ncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Formally unable to be related to Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (“naked, head”); 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.",
  "lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
  "lang_code": "ine-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kl̥H-",
  "pos": "root",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Indo-European irregularly shaped roots",
        "Proto-Indo-European lemmas",
        "Proto-Indo-European roots"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bald, naked"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bald",
          "bald"
        ],
        [
          "naked",
          "naked"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Brill Publishers"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kl̥H-"
}

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