gòlъ

gòlъ Grammatical information: adj. o Accent paradigm: b Proto-Slavic meaning: `naked'

Page in Trubačev: VII 14-15

Old Church Slavic:

golъ (Supr.) `naked' [adj o]

Russian:

gólyj `naked' [adj o];

gól `naked' [adj o], golá [Nomsf], gólo [Nomsn] \{1\}

Czech:

holý `naked' [adj o]

Slovak:

holý `naked' [adj o]

Polish:

goɫy `naked' [adj o]

Serbo-Croatian:

gȏ(l) `naked' [adj o], gòla [Nomsf];

Čak. gõ (Vrgada) `naked' [adj o], golȁ [Nomsf], golȍ [Nomsn];

Čak. g^uõl (Orbanići) `naked' [adj o], golȁ [Nomsf], golȍ [Nomsn]

Slovene:

gòɫ `naked' [adj o], góla [Nomsf]

Bulgarian:

gol `naked' [adj o]

Indo-European reconstruction: golH-o-

Comments: In spite of the incompatibility of the initial consonants (*g : *k), it is tempting to connect the (Balto-)Slavic and the Germanic forms with Lat. calvus `bald' and Skt. kulva- `bald, thin-haired'.

Other cognates:

OHG kalo `bald' [adj], kal(a)wes [Gens];

OE calu `bald', calwes [Gens]

Notes:

\{1\} AP (b) in Old Russian (Zaliznjak 1985: 136).