Where does “salaattilinko” come from?
salaattilinko (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.
salaattilinko (Finnish): salad spinner, salad tosser kitchen tool used to wash and remove excess water from salad greens
Definitions
- salad spinner, salad tosser kitchen tool used to wash and remove excess water from salad greens
Ancestry of “salaattilinko”, step by step
salaattilinko 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 |