Where does “szalámi” come from?

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

szalámi (Hungarian): salami

Definitions

  1. salami

Ancestry of “szalámi”, step by step

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

Words derived from “szalámi”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →