Where does “sal” come from?

sal (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese sal, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

sal (Galician): salt

Definitions

  1. salt

Ancestry of “sal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesesal—
2Latinsālsalt
3Proto-Italicsālssalt
4Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →