vallum
Latin
noun
Definitions
- wall, rampart, entrenchment
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
- Walton English
- vallum English
- involvere Latin
- lorum Latin
- vallis Latin
- volūtus Latin
- vultus Latin
- Schutzwall German
- Wall German
- vallo 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
- εἰλεός Ancient Greek
- εὔληρα Ancient Greek
- οὐλαμός Ancient Greek
- *wel- Proto-Indo-European
- *welh₁-, *wel- Proto-Indo-European
- valo Portuguese
- *wallaz Proto-Germanic
- *wallaz, *wallą Proto-Germanic
- *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
- wał Polish
- grundweall Old English
- scieldweall Old English
- weall Old English
- wall Middle English
- fál Irish
- fálach Irish
- fálaigh Irish
- val Czech
- valo Galician
- gwal Welsh
- wal Welsh
- գեղ Old Armenian
- fil Old Irish
- fál Old Irish
- fàl Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- wal Middle High German
- avulli Albanian
- *wali- Proto-Celtic
- *wel-n- Proto-Celtic
- *weleti Proto-Celtic
- *wal- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- val Slovak
- valder Old Swedish
- wa Scots
- *walhlaup Frankish
- *wárṇas Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *ambi-wēla Proto-Albanian
- *wala Proto-Albanian
- *walwā Proto-Albanian