Where does “Valea lui Mihai” come from?

Valea lui Mihai (Romanian) comes from Romanian Mihai, from Romanian Mihail, from Old Church Slavonic Михаилъ, from Ancient Greek Μιχαήλ, from Hebrew מיכאל, from Hebrew אֵל, from Hebrew שמואל, from Hebrew שְׁמוּאֵל.

Ancestry of “Valea lui Mihai”, step by step

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

via Romanian Mihai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianMihaicomparable to Michael
2RomanianMihail
3Old Church SlavonicМихаилъ
4Ancient GreekΜιχαήλ
5Hebrewמיכאלwho is like God?
6Hebrewאֵלa God; God, deity; god, God
7Hebrewשמואל
8Hebrewשְׁמוּאֵל

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 Hebrew שְׁמוּאֵלEvery word from Hebrew שמואלEvery word from Hebrew אֵל