Where does “sallow” come from?
Sallow comes from Middle English salowe, from Old English sealh, from Proto-Germanic salwaz, from Proto-Indo-European salw-, from Proto-Indo-European saləḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European sh₂lk-.
sallow (English): Yellowish; Having skin of a sickly pale colour;...
Definitions
- Yellowish; Having skin of a sickly pale colour;...
Ancestry of “sallow”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | salowe | sallow |
| 2 | Old English | salu | dusky |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *salu | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | salwaz | dusky, grey; smutty, dirty, muddy; sallow |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | salw- | — |
Words derived from “sallow”