Where does “salaiar” come from?
salaiar (Galician) comes from Galician laiar, from Galician lais, from Old French lai, from Latin lacus, from New Latin lacrimalis, from Latin lācrima, from Old Latin dacrima, from Proto-Italic *d(r)(k)akrunā — eye bitter.
salaiar (Galician): to wail; to groan; to sigh with pain
Definitions
- to wail; to groan; to sigh with pain
Ancestry of “salaiar”, step by step
salaiar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Galician laiar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | laiar | to wail; to groan; to complain |
| 2 | Galician | lais | song |
| 3 | Old French | lai | lai; ugly |
| 4 | Latin | lacus | a lake, pond, basin; reservoir; a tank, tub, vat,... |
| 5 | New Latin | lacrimalis | — |
| 6 | Latin | lācrima | a tear drop of liquid from crying |
| 7 | Old Latin | dacrima | tear |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *d(r)(k)akrunā | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dáḱru- | tears; tear |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru- | eye bitter |