Where does “salobar” come from?

salobar (Ambonese Malay) comes from Portuguese salobro, from Latin salebrōsus, from Latin salebra, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

salobar (Ambonese Malay): brackish water

Definitions

  1. brackish water

Ancestry of “salobar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesesalobrobrackish
2Latinsalebrōsusrough, rugged, uneven
3Latinsalebrarut, irregularity; roughness
4Latinsaliōto leap, jump, bound
5Latinsālsalt
6Proto-Italicsālssalt
7Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →