valer

Catalan

verb

Definitions

to be worth
(intransitive) to be useful

Etymology

Inherited from Latin valēre (be able, be healthy) inherited from Proto-Italic *walēō inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

valeo Latin
valēre Latin
valere Italian
*h₂welh₁- Proto-Indo-European
*h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European
valoir Old French
vjej Albanian
valoir Middle French
valer Old Portuguese
*walēō Proto-Italic
valê Friulian
valer Old Spanish
valar Dalmatian
valêr Franco-Provençal