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

  1. Yellowish; Having skin of a sickly pale colour;...

Ancestry of “sallow”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishsalowesallow
2Old Englishsaludusky
3Proto-West Germanic*saludusky, grey
4Proto-Germanicsalwazdusky, grey; smutty, dirty, muddy; sallow
5Proto-Indo-Europeansalw-—

Words derived from “sallow”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European salw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic salwaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *salu →