Where does “vale-” come from?
vale- (Finnish) comes from Finnish vale, from Proto-Finnic valeh, from Persian واله.
vale- (Finnish): false, pseudo-
Ancestry of “vale-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vale | A lie; an untruth; a fabrication; As modifier in... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | valeh | lie, untruth |
| 3 | Persian | واله | — |
Words derived from “vale-”