Where does “val” come from?

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

val (Galician): valley

Definitions

  1. valley

Ancestry of “val”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesevale—
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- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēlH- →Every word from Latin vallis →