Where does “vals” come from?

vals (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from German Walzer, from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

vals (Norwegian Nynorsk): a waltz; a roller, also a road roller

Definitions

  1. a waltz; a roller, also a road roller

Ancestry of “vals”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWalzerwaltz
2German-erForms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to...
3Old High German-āriused to form agent nouns
4Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
5Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
6Latin-āriuser
7Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from German -er →