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Gnomish

calw

noun. green shoot, sapling, sprout

A word in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s appearing as {calb “green, young, fresh, innocent” >>} calw “green shoot, sapling, sprout”, likely based on the early root ᴱ√cala [kala] (GL/25).

Changes

  • calb → calw “green, young, fresh, innocent” ✧ GL/25

Derivations

  • ᴱ√KALA “*grow” ✧ GL/25

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√cala > calw[kalwa] > [kalw] > [kalb]✧ GL/25

Variations

  • calb ✧ GL/25 (calb)