Where does “Valerijs” come from?
Valerijs (Latvian) comes from Latin valerius, from Latin Valesios, from Latin valeō, from Proto-Italic walēō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂welh₁- — to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool.
Ancestry of “Valerijs”, step by step