Where does “валкс” come from?

валкс (Erzya) comes from Erzya вал, from Proto-Uralic wala — song?; word?.

валкс (Erzya): dictionary; stretched and dried skin; ruble

Definitions

  1. dictionary; stretched and dried skin; ruble

Ancestry of “валкс”, step by step

валкс traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Erzya вал

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Erzyaвалword
2Proto-Uralicwalasong?; word?

via Erzya валомс

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Erzyaваломс—
Every word from Proto-Uralic wala →Every word from Erzya вал →