Where does “Salär” come from?
Salär (German) comes from French salaire, from Italian salario, from Latin salārium, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.
Salär (German): salary
Ancestry of “Salär”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | salaire | salary, wage |
| 2 | Italian | salario | pay, wages, salary; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Latin | salārium | — |
| 4 | Latin | sāl | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | sāls | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | — |