Where does “fejes saláta” come from?

fejes saláta (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian saláta, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

fejes saláta (Hungarian): head lettuce an edible plant

Definitions

  1. head lettuce an edible plant

Ancestry of “fejes saláta”, step by step

fejes saláta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian saláta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariansalátalettuce; salad; a tattered, well-thumbed, worn...
2Latinsālsalt
3Proto-Italicsālssalt
4Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

via Hungarian fej

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfejhead; head, mind, brain, intellect; heads,...
2Proto-Uralicpäŋehead
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →