Where does “Valle” come from?

Valle (Spanish) comes from Spanish valle, from Latin vallis, from Proto-Indo-European wēlH-, from Proto-Indo-European welH- — to turn, to wind.

Valle (Spanish): valley

Definitions

  1. valley

Ancestry of “Valle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishvallevalley
2Latinvallisvalley, vale; hollow; dative plural of vāllum
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanwēlH-to roll, to undulate
4Proto-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 →
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