Where does “салатавы” come from?
салатавы (Belarusian) comes from Serbo-Croatian сала́та, from German salāt, from Italian salata, from Vulgar Latin salata, from Latin Salo, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls — salt.
салатавы (Belarusian): lime green like a lime, or salad or lettuce
Definitions
- lime green like a lime, or salad or lettuce
Ancestry of “салатавы”, step by step
салатавы traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Serbo-Croatian сала́та
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | сала́та | salad |
| 2 | German | salāt | salad mixed, usually cold dish |
| 3 | Italian | salata | feminine singular of salato; salad, something... |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | salata | salted |
| 5 | Latin | Salo | that flows near Bilbilis and then into the Iberus, now the Jalón |
| 6 | Latin | saliō | to leap, jump, bound |
| 7 | Latin | sāl | salt |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | sāls | salt |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | salt |
via Belarusian авы
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belarusian | авы | — |