Where does “Karottensalat” come from?

Karottensalat (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.

Karottensalat (German): carrot salad

Definitions

  1. carrot salad

Ancestry of “Karottensalat”, step by step

Karottensalat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German salāt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansalātsalad mixed, usually cold dish
2Italiansalatafeminine singular of salato; salad, something...
3Vulgar Latinsalatasalted
4LatinSalothat flows near Bilbilis and then into the Iberus, now the Jalón
5Latinsaliōto leap, jump, bound
6Latinsālsalt
7Proto-Italicsālssalt
8Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

via German Karotte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKarottecarrot
2Frenchcarottecarrot; carotte; the red sign outside a tabac or...
3Latincarōtacarrot
4Ancient Greekκαρωτόνcarrot
5Ancient Greekκαρώcaraway (Carum carvi)
6Ancient GreekκάρηHomeric and Ionic form of κᾰ́ρᾱ
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂lEvery word from Proto-Italic sālsEvery word from Latin sāl