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Where does “валъ” come from?

валъ (Old East Slavic) comes from Proto-Slavic valъ, from Proto-Indo-European wēlH-, from Proto-Indo-European welH- — to turn, to wind.

Ancestry of “валъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicvalъ—
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanwēlH-—
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanwelH-to turn, to wind

Words derived from “валъ”

  • вал
  • вала
  • валик
  • валовой
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