Where does “koolsla” come from?
koolsla (Dutch) comes from Dutch sla, 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 — salt.
koolsla (Dutch): cabbage salad, coleslaw
Definitions
- cabbage salad, coleslaw
Ancestry of “koolsla”, step by step
koolsla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch sla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | sla | lettuce; salad |
| 2 | Dutch | salade | salad; lettuce; A sallet, a salade |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | salade | — |
| 4 | Middle French | salade | — |
| 5 | Old French | salade | — |
| 6 | Italian | salada | — |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | salata | salted |
| 8 | Latin | Salo | that flows near Bilbilis and then into the Iberus, now the Jalón |
| 9 | Latin | saliō | to leap, jump, bound |
| 10 | Latin | sāl | salt |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | sāls | salt |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | salt |