Where does “vale” come from?

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

vale (Ingrian): lie

Definitions

  1. lie

Ancestry of “vale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicvalehlie, untruth
2Persianوالهenamored, distraught (e.g. with love)

Words derived from “vale”

Every word from Persian واله →Every word from Proto-Finnic valeh →