Where does “salgueiru” come from?

salgueiru (Fala) comes from Old Portuguese salgueiro, from Vulgar Latin salicarius, from Latin salix, from Proto-Indo-European *sl̥H-ik-.

salgueiru (Fala): white willow

Definitions

  1. white willow

Ancestry of “salgueiru”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesesalgueiro—
2Vulgar Latinsalicarius—
3Latinsalixwillow; a willow branch
4Proto-Indo-European*sl̥H-ik-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sl̥H-ik- →Every word from Latin salix →Every word from Vulgar Latin salicarius →