Where does “sal” come from?

sal (Guinea-Bissau Creole) comes from Portuguese sal, from Old Portuguese sal, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

sal (Guinea-Bissau Creole): salt

Definitions

salt

Ancestry of “sal”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Portuguese	sal	salt; bath salt; wit; the quality of being...
2	Old Portuguese	sal	—
3	Latin	sāl	salt
4	Proto-Italic	sāls	salt
5	Proto-Indo-European	*sḗh₂l	salt

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →