kałfa

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Sudovian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *galˀwā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gelH-. Compare Lithuanian galvà, Latvian gal̃va, Old Prussian galwo, gallū.[1][2]

Noun

kałfa

  1. (anatomy) head

References

  1. ^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica, volume 21, number 1 (in Lithuanian), Vilnius: VU, →DOI, page 74: “kałfa ‘galva, l. głowa’ 6.”
  2. ^ “galvà” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. sf. kałfa Kopf”.
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