Where does “vallée” come from?

vallée (Norman) 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.

vallée (Norman): valley

Definitions

  1. valley

Ancestry of “vallée”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European welH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēlH- →Every word from Latin vallis →