Where does “salátaboglárka” come from?

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

salátaboglárka (Hungarian): lesser celandine

Definitions

  1. lesser celandine

Ancestry of “salátaboglárka”, step by step

salátaboglárka 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 Boglárka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HungarianBoglárkaany plant of the genus Ranunculus; buttercup, spearwort, crowfoot
2Hungarianboglár

Words derived from “salátaboglárka

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂lEvery word from Proto-Italic sālsEvery word from Latin sāl