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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.

koolsla (Dutch): cabbage salad, coleslaw

Definitions

  1. cabbage salad, coleslaw

Ancestry of “koolsla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchslalettuce; salad
2Dutchsaladesalad; lettuce; A sallet, a salade
3Middle Dutchsalade—
4Middle Frenchsalade—
5Old Frenchsalade—
6Italiansalada—
7Vulgar Latinsalatasalted
8LatinSalo—
9Latinsaliō—
10Latinsāl—
11Proto-Italicsāls—
12Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂l—

Words derived from “koolsla”

  • coleslaw
  • コールスロー
  • coleslaw
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →