Where does “Valea lui Câine” come from?

Valea lui Câine (Romanian) comes from Romanian câine, from Latin Canis, from Ancient Greek δρόμος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Ancestry of “Valea lui Câine”, step by step

Valea lui Câine traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian câine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniancâinedog
2LatinCanisa dog, a hound animal
3Ancient Greekδρόμοςrace, running; racetrack; course, path
4Ancient Greek-όςForms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root
5Proto-Hellenic*-os
6Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

via Romanian lui

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianluihis; to him
2Latinillūihim dative singular masculine; apparently also genitive
3Latinillīfound in
4Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
5LatinolleArchaic form of ille
6Proto-Italic*olnosthat

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ósEvery word from Ancient Greek -όςEvery word from Ancient Greek δρόμος