valsa
Portuguese
/ˈvaɫ.sɐ/
noun
Definitions
- waltz
Etymology
Derived from French valse derived from German Walzer derived from Old High German walzan (turn) derived from Proto-Germanic *walt- (turn) 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
- valse English
- waltz English
- involvere Latin
- lorum Latin
- vallis Latin
- vallum Latin
- volūtus Latin
- vultus Latin
- Walzer German
- Walzertänzer German
- valzer Italian
- valse French
- valseur French
- вальс Russian
- vals Spanish, Castilian
- εἰλεός Ancient Greek
- εὔληρα Ancient Greek
- οὐλαμός Ancient Greek
- *wel- Proto-Indo-European
- *welh₁-, *wel- Proto-Indo-European
- vals Norwegian Bokmål
- *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
- vals Swedish
- walc Polish
- vals Norwegian Nynorsk
- vals Danish
- valso Esperanto
- vals Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- walzan Old High German
- գեղ Old Armenian
- fil Old Irish
- fál Old Irish
- valse Manx
- valse Norman
- *wali- Proto-Celtic
- *wel-n- Proto-Celtic
- *weleti Proto-Celtic
- *wal- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *walhlaup Frankish
- *wárṇas Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *ambi-wēla Proto-Albanian
- *wala Proto-Albanian
- *walwā Proto-Albanian