kalv
Danish
/kalˀv/
noun
Definitions
- calf young cow or bull, also used of some other large animals, e.g. deer, whale, elephant, rhinoceros
- (uncountable) veal
- a small island neighbouring a bigger island
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse kalfr (calf) inherited from Proto-Germanic *kalbaz (calf).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*kalbaz
Gloss
calf
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- calf English
- calfbound English
- calfflesh English
- calfhide English
- calfless English
- calflike English
- calfling English
- calfskin English
- calveren English
- haircalf English
- killcalf English
- midcalf English
- mooncalf English
- seacalf English
- Kalb German
- Kalbfleisch German
- Kalbsbraten German
- Kalbsfilet German
- Kalbsleber German
- kälbrig German
- kalf Dutch, Flemish
- kalfsvlees Dutch, Flemish
- kalverkop Dutch, Flemish
- kalverliefde Dutch, Flemish
- walviskalf Dutch, Flemish
- *golbʰos Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷolbʰo Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷolbʰo- Proto-Indo-European
- kalv Norwegian Bokmål
- *kalbaz Proto-Germanic
- kalv Swedish
- rötmånadskalv Swedish
- sjökalv Swedish
- kalv Norwegian Nynorsk
- reinkalv Norwegian Nynorsk
- cealf Old English
- cælf Old English
- calf Middle English
- kalfi Old Norse
- kalfr Old Norse
- kálfur Icelandic
- calf Middle Dutch
- *kalv, *kalf Old High German
- chalp Old High German
- kalb Old High German
- kalf Afrikaans
- kálvur Faroese
- kalp Middle High German
- 𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍉 Gothic
- *kalb gmw-pro
- calf Old Dutch
- kalf Old Saxon
- gálbi Northern Sami
- kalver Old Swedish