Where does “valar” come from?

valar (Galician) comes from Latin vallare, from Latin vallum, from Proto-Indo-European wēl- — to see, perceive.

valar (Galician): to wall or fence

Definitions

  1. to wall or fence

Ancestry of “valar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvallarepresent active infinitive of vāllō; second-person...
2Latinvallumwall, rampart, entrenchment
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwēl-to see, perceive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēl- →Every word from Latin vallum →Every word from Latin vallare →