Where does “jégsaláta” come from?

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

jégsaláta (Hungarian): iceberg lettuce

Definitions

  1. iceberg lettuce

Ancestry of “jégsaláta”, step by step

jégsaláta 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 jég

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianjégice
2Proto-Uralicjäŋeice
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →