Where does “Veliu” come from?

Veliu (Albanian) comes from Albanian u, from Proto-Albanian wa — reflexive pronoun.

Ancestry of “Veliu”, step by step

Veliu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Albanian u

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AlbanianuI
2Proto-Albanianwareflexive pronoun

via Albanian Veli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AlbanianVeli—
Every word from Proto-Albanian wa →Every word from Albanian u →