Where does “valai” come from?

valai (Lithuanian) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian balay, from Proto-Austronesian balay — house; hall.

valai (Lithuanian): hair of the horse's tail

Definitions

  1. hair of the horse's tail

Ancestry of “valai”, step by step

valai traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian balay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbalayhouse; hall
2Proto-Austronesianbalayhouse; hall

via Proto-Indo-European ul

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanulthe tail
Every word from Proto-Austronesian balay →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian balay →