Where does “vaalentua” come from?

vaalentua (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaalentaa, from Finnish vaalea, from Proto-Finnic vaaleda, from Proto-Finno-Ugric waĺɜ.

vaalentua (Finnish): To whiten, become white(r)

Definitions

  1. To whiten, become white(r)

Ancestry of “vaalentua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaalentaato whiten, lighten
2Finnishvaalealight, pale of a shade of colour
3Proto-Finnicvaaleda—
4Proto-Finno-Ugricwaĺɜ—

Words derived from “vaalentua”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric waĺɜ →Every word from Proto-Finnic vaaleda →Every word from Finnish vaalea →