Where does “slawdog” come from?

slawdog (English) comes from English slaw, from Dutch sla, from Dutch salade, from Middle Dutch salade, from Middle French salade, from Old French salade, from Italian salada, from Vulgar Latin salata — salt.

slawdog (English): A hotdog with mustard in a bun covered with...

Definitions

  1. A hotdog with mustard in a bun covered with...

Ancestry of “slawdog”, step by step

slawdog traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English slaw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishslawColeslaw
2Dutchslalettuce; salad
3Dutchsaladesalad; lettuce; A sallet, a salade
4Middle Dutchsalade
5Middle Frenchsalade
6Old Frenchsalade
7Italiansalada
8Vulgar Latinsalatasalted
9LatinSalothat flows near Bilbilis and then into the Iberus, now the Jalón
10Latinsaliōto leap, jump, bound
11Latinsālsalt
12Proto-Italicsālssalt
13Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

via English hotdog

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhotdogAlternative spelling of hot dog; To show off,...
2Englishhot dogA sandwich consisting of a frankfurter, or...
3EnglishdogA mammal, "Canis familiaris" or "Canis lupus...
4EnglishdogshitDog excrement; Something disgusting, abominable,...
5EnglishshitSolid excretory product evacuated from the...
6Middle Dutchschite
7Old Dutchskīta
8Old Saxonskiti
9Proto-Germanicskītaz
10Proto-Indo-Europeansḱeyd-to shade; to cut off; to part with, separate, cut...
11Proto-Indo-Europeansḱēy-to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,...
12Proto-Germanicskaidąseparation, distinction
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÁit-to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l