valiance
English
noun
Definitions
- The quality of being valiant; heroism, bravery or valour.
Etymology
Borrowed from vaillaunce derived from Old French vaillance root from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (wool, hair, be strong, powerful, possess, strong, rule).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂welh₁-
Gloss
wool, hair, be strong, powerful, possess, strong, rule
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
髪
Emoji
🐏 🐑 🦙
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- valiant English
- valorous English
- valentia Latin
- valeō Latin
- validus Latin
- valor Latin
- vellus Latin
- vaillance French
- valeureux French
- λάχνη Ancient Greek
- λῶμα Ancient Greek
- *h₂welh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European
- *waldaz Proto-Germanic
- *waldiz Proto-Germanic
- *waldą Proto-Germanic
- *Voldiměrъ Proto-Slavic
- vaillance Old French
- vaillant Old French
- *Luguwalos Proto-Celtic
- vaillaunce xno