Where does “saumurer” come from?

saumurer (French) comes from French saumure, from Old French salmuire, from Late Latin salimuria, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

saumurer (French): to soak in brine

Definitions

  1. to soak in brine

Ancestry of “saumurer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsaumurebrine; first-person singular present indicative...
2Old Frenchsalmuire—
3Late Latinsalimuriasalt water
4Latinsālsalt
5Proto-Italicsālssalt
6Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →