Where does “paleovalley” come from?

paleovalley (English) comes from English paleo, from Hawaiian leo, from Proto-Polynesian leo, from Proto-Oceanic leqo, from Proto-Oceanic *(qa-)liqoʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *liqəʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *liqəʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian liqəʀ — neck.

paleovalley (English): A prehistoric valley

Definitions

  1. A prehistoric valley

Ancestry of “paleovalley”, step by step

paleovalley traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English paleo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpaleoClipping of paleodiet
2Hawaiianleovoice; sound; command; verbal message
3Proto-Polynesianleovoice; language; speech
4Proto-Oceanicleqo
5Proto-Oceanic*(qa-)liqoʀthroat front part of the neck
6Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*liqəʀ
7Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*liqəʀ
8Proto-Malayo-Polynesianliqəʀneck
9Proto-Austronesianliqəʀneck

via English valley

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvalleyAn elongated depression between hills or...
2Middle Englishvaleyevalley depression between hills
3Old Frenchvaleevalley
4Old Frenchvalvalley
5Latinvallisvalley, vale; hollow; dative plural of vāllum
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanwēlH-to roll, to undulate
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanwelH-to turn, to wind
Every word from Proto-Austronesian liqəʀ
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