vallis
Latin
noun
Definitions
- valley, vale
- (by extension) hollow
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (turn, wind, see, roll, twist, round, turn around, press together, death in battle, killed in battle, wool, grass, bend, best, good, revolve, hair, ear, forest).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wel-
Gloss
turn, wind, see, roll, twist, round, turn around, press together, death in battle, killed in battle, wool, grass, bend, best, good, revolve, hair, ear, forest
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
森
Emoji
🙃
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Balboa English
- Fruitvale English
- Sunnyvale English
- vale English
- valli Finnish
- *advallare Latin
- *advallāre, *advallō Latin
- *vallecla Latin
- *vallicella Latin
- Vallonia Latin
- ballāre Latin
- convallis Latin
- involvere Latin
- lorum Latin
- vallicula Latin
- vallum Latin
- vallēs Latin
- volūtus Latin
- vultus Latin
- Schutzwall German
- Wall German
- ballare Italian
- burgwal Dutch, Flemish
- stuwwal Dutch, Flemish
- tuinwal Dutch, Flemish
- wal Dutch, Flemish
- walgeld Dutch, Flemish
- walgewelf Dutch, Flemish
- walrus Dutch, Flemish
- walschot Dutch, Flemish
- walvis Dutch, Flemish
- Balboa Spanish, Castilian
- βάλλω Ancient Greek
- βαλλίζω Ancient Greek
- εἰλεός Ancient Greek
- εὔληρα Ancient Greek
- οὐλαμός Ancient Greek
- *wel- Proto-Indo-European
- *welh₁-, *wel- Proto-Indo-European
- embalar Portuguese
- *walt- Proto-Germanic
- *waltaz Proto-Germanic
- *waltijaną Proto-Germanic
- *waluz Proto-Germanic
- *walô Proto-Germanic
- *welk- Proto-Germanic
- *welukaz Proto-Germanic
- *wilþijaz Proto-Germanic
- *wlaitōną Proto-Germanic
- *wlitiz Proto-Germanic
- *wulþuz Proto-Germanic
- vall Swedish
- vallört Swedish
- *vale Middle English
- val Old French
- valee Old French
- valo Esperanto
- Balboa Galician
- գեղ Old Armenian
- valo Ido
- fil Old Irish
- fál Old Irish
- vallée Norman
- вал Bulgarian
- валог Bulgarian
- valee Middle French
- abalar Old Portuguese
- *wali- Proto-Celtic
- *wel-n- Proto-Celtic
- *weleti Proto-Celtic
- *wal- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- aval Occitan
- val Occitan
- valder Old Swedish
- *walhlaup Frankish
- *wárṇas Proto-Indo-Aryan
- balar Old Occitan
- ballada Old Occitan
- valey xno
- *ambi-wēla Proto-Albanian
- *wala Proto-Albanian
- *walwā Proto-Albanian
- ballare Sardinian
- balēr Emilian