Where does “val” come from?
val (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic valъ, from Proto-Indo-European wēlH-, from Proto-Indo-European welH- — to turn, to wind.
val (Serbo-Croatian): wave
Ancestry of “val”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Slavic | valъ | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | wēlH- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | welH- | to turn, to wind |