Where does “souto” come from?

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

souto (Galician): a grove or plantation of chestnut trees

Definitions

  1. a grove or plantation of chestnut trees

Ancestry of “souto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesesouto—
2LatinsaltusA leap, jump; a leaping; A forest or mountain...
3Latinsaliōto leap, jump, bound
4Latinsālsalt
5Proto-Italicsālssalt
6Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

Words derived from “souto”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →