Where does “keräsalaatti” come from?
keräsalaatti (Finnish) comes from Finnish salaatti, from Swedish sallad, from French salade, from Italian salada, from Vulgar Latin salata, from Latin Salo, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl — salt.
keräsalaatti (Finnish): Bibb lettuce, butter lettuce, Boston lettuce, butterhead lettuce variety of lettuce with loose arrangement of leaves, known for its sweet flavor and tender texture
Definitions
- Bibb lettuce, butter lettuce, Boston lettuce, butterhead lettuce variety of lettuce with loose arrangement of leaves, known for its sweet flavor and tender texture
Ancestry of “keräsalaatti”, step by step
keräsalaatti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish salaatti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | salaatti | salad; lettuce; any plant of the genus "Lactuca" |
| 2 | Swedish | sallad | salad; vegetables consisting of leaves, typically... |
| 3 | French | salade | salad; sallet |
| 4 | Italian | salada | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | salata | salted |
| 6 | Latin | Salo | that flows near Bilbilis and then into the Iberus, now the Jalón |
| 7 | Latin | saliō | to leap, jump, bound |
| 8 | Latin | sāl | salt |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | sāls | salt |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | salt |