Where does “σαλάμι” come from?

σαλάμι (Greek) comes from Italian salame, from Italian sale, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

σαλάμι (Greek): salami

Definitions

  1. salami

Ancestry of “σαλάμι”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansalamesalami
2Italiansalesalt, sal; plural of sala; third-person singular...
3Latinsālsalt
4Proto-Italicsālssalt
5Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂lEvery word from Proto-Italic sālsEvery word from Latin sāl