Where does “văl” come from?
văl (Romanian) comes from Italian velo, from Latin vēlum, from Proto-Italic *wekslom.
văl (Romanian): veil; mantle, cover
Ancestry of “văl”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | velo | veil; velum; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | Latin | vēlum | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *wekslom | — |