valë

See also: vale, Vale, valé, valè, valê, and vale-

Albanian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Albanian *walā, from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to revolve, turn, twist”).

Cognate to :

Old English wealca (“billow”),
German Welle (“wave”).

Compare also :

Proto-Slavic *valъ (Serbo-Croatian val),
Romanian val (“wave”).[1]

Noun

valë f

wave, billow

Derived terms

valëvit
valëvitje

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *uallā, from Proto-Indo-European *uel(H) (“hot, boiling”). Cognate to Old High German walo (“lukewarm”).

Adjective

valë m (feminine valëe)

hot, boiling

Derived terms

përvëloj

References

Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 493

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