Where does “val” come from?

val (French) comes from Old French val, from Latin vallis, from Proto-Indo-European wēlH-, from Proto-Indo-European welH- — to turn, to wind.

val (French): valley, vale

Definitions

  1. valley, vale

Ancestry of “val”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchvalvalley
2Latinvallisvalley, vale; hollow; dative plural of vāllum
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanwēlH-to roll, to undulate
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanwelH-to turn, to wind

Words derived from “val”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European welH- →