Where does “salchicha” come from?

salchicha (Asturian) comes from Italian salciccia, from Latin salsus, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

salchicha (Asturian): sausage

Definitions

  1. sausage

Ancestry of “salchicha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItaliansalcicciaAlternative form of salsiccia
2Latinsalsussalty, briny; salted; witty
3Latinsālsalt
4Proto-Italicsālssalt
5Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →