Where does “vale-” come from?

vale- (Finnish) comes from Finnish vale, from Proto-Finnic valeh, from Persian واله — enamored, distraught (e.g. with love).

vale- (Finnish): false, pseudo-

Definitions

  1. false, pseudo-

Ancestry of “vale-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishvaleA lie; an untruth; a fabrication; As modifier in...
2Proto-Finnicvalehlie, untruth
3Persianوالهenamored, distraught (e.g. with love)

Words derived from “vale-”

Every word from Persian واله →