Where does “салам” come from?

салам (Bulgarian) comes from Italian salame, from Italian sale, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

салам (Bulgarian): salami salted smoked sausage

Definitions

  1. salami salted smoked sausage

Ancestry of “салам”, step by step

салам traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian salame

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansalamesalami
2Italiansalesalt, sal; plural of sala; third-person singular...
3Latinsālsalt
4Proto-Italicsālssalt
5Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

via Turkish sağlam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishsağlamfirm; strong; hard; unscathed, unharmed; healthy
2Bulgarian-ов’s, -son, -s
3Old East Slavic-овъ—
4Proto-Slavic-ovъof, belonging to
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →