Where does “valee” come from?

valee (Middle French) comes from Old French valee, from Old French val, from Latin vallis, from Proto-Indo-European wēlH-, from Proto-Indo-European welH- — to turn, to wind.

valee (Middle French): valley

Definitions

  1. valley

Ancestry of “valee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchvaleevalley
2Old Frenchvalvalley
3Latinvallisvalley, vale; hollow; dative plural of vāllum
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanwēlH-to roll, to undulate
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanwelH-to turn, to wind

Words derived from “valee”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European welH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēlH- →Every word from Latin vallis →