Where does “Valea Prahovei” come from?

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

Valea Prahovei (Romanian): the Prahova Valley

Definitions

  1. the Prahova Valley

Ancestry of “Valea Prahovei”, step by step

Valea Prahovei 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 Prahova

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianPrahova
Every word from Proto-Indo-European welH-Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēlH-Every word from Latin vallis
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