Where does “sallowly” come from?
sallowly (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-.
sallowly (English): In a sallow manner
Ancestry of “sallowly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | sallow | Yellowish; Having skin of a sickly pale colour;... |
| 2 | Middle English | salowe | sallow |
| 3 | Old English | salu | dusky |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *salu | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | salwaz | dusky, grey; smutty, dirty, muddy; sallow |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | salw- | — |