Where does “sallowfaced” come from?

sallowfaced (English) comes from English sallow, from Middle English salowe, from Old English salu, from Proto-West Germanic *salu, from Proto-Germanic salwaz, from Proto-Indo-European salw-.

sallowfaced (English): Having a sallow face

Definitions

  1. Having a sallow face

Ancestry of “sallowfaced”, step by step

sallowfaced traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English sallow

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsallowYellowish; Having skin of a sickly pale colour;...
2Middle Englishsalowesallow
3Old Englishsaludusky
4Proto-West Germanic*saludusky, grey
5Proto-Germanicsalwazdusky, grey; smutty, dirty, muddy; sallow
6Proto-Indo-Europeansalw-—

via English faced

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishfacedsimple past tense and past participle of face;...
2EnglishfaceThe front part of the head of a human or other...
3Middle Englishfaceface; Alternative form of fass
4Old Frenchfaceface
5Late Latinfacia—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European salw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic salwaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *salu →
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