Where does “Möhrensalat” come from?

Möhrensalat (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.

Möhrensalat (German): carrot salad

Definitions

  1. carrot salad

Ancestry of “Möhrensalat”, step by step

Möhrensalat 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 Möhre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMöhrecarrot
2Middle High Germanmorhe—
3Old High Germanmorhacarrot
4Proto-West Germanicmorhāwild carrot
5Proto-Germanicmurhǭwild carrot
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmork-edible herb, tuber; tuber, edible herb
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →