Where does “aardappelsalade” come from?
aardappelsalade (Dutch) comes from Dutch salade, from Middle Dutch salade, from Middle French salade, from Old French salade, from Italian salada, from Vulgar Latin salata, from Latin Salo, from Latin saliō — salt.
aardappelsalade (Dutch): potato salad
Definitions
- potato salad
Ancestry of “aardappelsalade”, step by step
aardappelsalade traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch salade
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | salade | salad; lettuce; A sallet, a salade |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | salade | — |
| 3 | Middle French | salade | — |
| 4 | Old French | salade | — |
| 5 | Italian | salada | — |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | salata | salted |
| 7 | Latin | Salo | that flows near Bilbilis and then into the Iberus, now the Jalón |
| 8 | Latin | saliō | to leap, jump, bound |
| 9 | Latin | sāl | salt |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | sāls | salt |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | salt |