Where does “सलामी” come from?

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

सलामी (Hindi): salute, salutation, greeting

Definitions

  1. salute, salutation, greeting

Ancestry of “सलामी”, step by step

सलामी traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian salami

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansalamiplural of salame
2Italiansalamesalami
3Italiansalesalt, sal; plural of sala; third-person singular...
4Latinsālsalt
5Proto-Italicsālssalt
6Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

via Classical Persian سلامی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianسلامی—
2Arabicسلامverbal noun of سَلِمَ; greeting; peace
3AramaicשלמאA greeting; similar to hello; peace; perfection
4Proto-Semiticšalām-peace, well-being, welfare
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →