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.
souto (Galician): a grove or plantation of chestnut trees
Definitions
- a grove or plantation of chestnut trees
Ancestry of “souto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Portuguese | souto | — |
| 2 | Latin | saltus | A leap, jump; a leaping; A forest or mountain... |
| 3 | Latin | saliō | — |
| 4 | Latin | sāl | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | sāls | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | — |