From Middle English calf, kælf, kelf, from Old English cælf, ċealf;
also cognate with German Kalb, Dutch kalf and Danish kalv, from Proto-Germanic *kalbaz, further etymology unknown.
From Middle English calf, kalf, from Old Norse kalfi, possibly derived from the same Germanic root as English calf (above). Cognate with Icelandic kálfi.
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