Where does “salakot” come from?
salakot (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian sálak, from Hungarian sál, from German Schal, from English shawl, from Middle English schalen, from Middle English schale, from Old English sċealu, from Proto-West Germanic *skalu — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...
Ancestry of “salakot”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | sálak | nominative plural of sál |
| 2 | Hungarian | sál | scarf; shawl |
| 3 | German | Schal | scarf; shawl |
| 4 | English | shawl | A square or rectangular piece of cloth worn as a... |
| 5 | Middle English | schalen | to shell |
| 6 | Middle English | schale | shell, husk; scale |
| 7 | Old English | sċealu | shell, husk; shell, husk, pod; husk |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | *skalu | shell, husk |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | skalō | shell; lump, ball |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kelH- | to cut; to split, to separate |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel- | to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,... |