Where does “Valea Plopului” come from?

Valea Plopului (Romanian) comes from Romanian vale, from Latin vallis, from Proto-Indo-European wēlH-, from Proto-Indo-European welH- — to turn, to wind.

Ancestry of “Valea Plopului”, step by step

Valea Plopului traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian vale

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

via Romanian plop

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianploppoplar
2Vulgar Latinploppuspoplar tree
3Latinpōpulusa people, nation
4Proto-Italicpoplosarmy
Every word from Proto-Indo-European welH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēlH- →Every word from Latin vallis →