Where does “cheese slaw” come from?
cheese slaw (English) comes from English coleslaw, from Dutch koolsla, from Dutch sla, from Dutch salade, from Middle Dutch salade, from Middle French salade, from Old French salade, from Italian salada — salt.
cheese slaw (English): A salad made of grated cheese, grated carrot and...
Definitions
- A salad made of grated cheese, grated carrot and...
Ancestry of “cheese slaw”, step by step
cheese slaw traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English coleslaw
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | coleslaw | A salad of finely shredded raw cabbage and... |
| 2 | Dutch | koolsla | cabbage salad, coleslaw |
| 3 | Dutch | sla | lettuce; salad |
| 4 | Dutch | salade | salad; lettuce; A sallet, a salade |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | salade | — |
| 6 | Middle French | salade | — |
| 7 | Old French | salade | — |
| 8 | Italian | salada | — |
| 9 | Vulgar Latin | salata | salted |
| 10 | Latin | Salo | that flows near Bilbilis and then into the Iberus, now the Jalón |
| 11 | Latin | saliō | to leap, jump, bound |
| 12 | Latin | sāl | salt |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | sāls | salt |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | salt |