Where does “vâlcelușă” come from?

vâlcelușă (Romanian) comes 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.

vâlcelușă (Romanian): small dale

Definitions

  1. small dale

Ancestry of “vâlcelușă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianvâlceasmall or narrow valley, dale, or dell
2Vulgar Latinvallicella—
3Latinvalliculaglen, dell
4Latinvallisvalley, vale; hollow; dative plural of vāllum
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanwēlH-to roll, to undulate
6Proto-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 →