Where does “vâlceancă” come from?

vâlceancă (Romanian) comes from Romanian vâlcean, from Romanian vâlcea, from Vulgar Latin vallicella, from Latin vallicula, from Latin vallis, from Proto-Indo-European wēlH-, from Proto-Indo-European welH- — to turn, to wind.

Ancestry of “vâlceancă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianvâlcean—
2Romanianvâlceasmall or narrow valley, dale, or dell
3Vulgar Latinvallicella—
4Latinvalliculaglen, dell
5Latinvallisvalley, vale; hollow; dative plural of vāllum
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanwēlH-to roll, to undulate
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanwelH-to turn, to wind
Every word from Proto-Indo-European welH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēlH- →Every word from Latin vallis →