Calf Definition
- to make a feast of celebration or welcome: Luke 15:23
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Origin of Calf
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From Old English cealf, from Proto-Germanic *kalbaz (compare Dutch kalf, German Kalb, Danish kalv), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷolbʰo 'womb, animal young' (compare Ancient Greek (Hesychius) δολφός (dolphós) 'womb', Avestan garəwa [script?] 'uterus', Sanskrit गर्भ (gárbha) 'womb'), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to swell”).
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Middle English from Old Norse kālfi possibly akin to calf (from its shape)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Old Norse kalfi, possibly derived from the same Germanic root as calf (“young cow”) (above).
From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old English cealf
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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