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Where does “salpietari” come from?

salpietari (Finnish) comes from Swedish salpeter, from Medieval Latin sal petrae, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.

salpietari (Finnish): saltpetre, potassium nitrate, sodium nitrate

Definitions

  1. saltpetre, potassium nitrate, sodium nitrate

Ancestry of “salpietari”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsalpeter—
2Medieval Latinsal petraesalt of the rock
3Latinsāl—
4Proto-Italicsāls—
5Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂l—

Words derived from “salpietari”

  • chilensalpietari
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →