Where does “Buchstabensalat” come from?
Buchstabensalat (German) comes from German salāt, from Italian salata, from Vulgar Latin salata, from Latin Salo, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.
Buchstabensalat (German): alphabetical puzzle, alphabetical jumble, jumble...
Definitions
- alphabetical puzzle, alphabetical jumble, jumble...
Ancestry of “Buchstabensalat”, step by step
Buchstabensalat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German salāt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | salāt | salad mixed, usually cold dish |
| 2 | Italian | salata | feminine singular of salato; salad, something... |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | salata | salted |
| 4 | Latin | Salo | that flows near Bilbilis and then into the Iberus, now the Jalón |
| 5 | Latin | saliō | to leap, jump, bound |
| 6 | Latin | sāl | salt |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | sāls | salt |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | salt |
via German Buchstabe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Buchstabe | letter |
| 2 | Middle High German | buochstabe | — |
| 3 | Old High German | buohstabo | letter, writing |