Where does “Saratu” come from?

Saratu (Hausa) comes from Romanian sărat, from Romanian săra, from Romanian sare, from Vulgar Latin sale, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

Saratu (Hausa): Sarah biblical character

Definitions

  1. Sarah biblical character

Ancestry of “Saratu”, step by step

Saratu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian sărat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniansăratsalted; salty; brackish
2Romaniansărato salt; to brine
3Romaniansaresalt
4Vulgar Latinsaleablative singular of sāl; salt
5Latinsālsalt
6Proto-Italicsālssalt
7Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

via Arabic سَارَة

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicسَارَة—
2Hebrewשָׂרָהlady, princess; Sarah

Words derived from “Saratu”

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