Where does “ταραμοσαλάτα” come from?

ταραμοσαλάτα (Greek) comes from Greek σαλάτα, from Venetian sałata, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

ταραμοσαλάτα (Greek): taramosalata

Definitions

  1. taramosalata

Ancestry of “ταραμοσαλάτα”, step by step

ταραμοσαλάτα traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Greek σαλάτα

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekσαλάταsalad; mess
2Venetiansałatasalad; lettuce
3Latinsālsalt
4Proto-Italicsālssalt
5Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

via Greek ταραμάς

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekταραμάςtarama
2Turkishtaramaa meze

Words derived from “ταραμοσαλάτα

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂lEvery word from Proto-Italic sālsEvery word from Latin sāl
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