Where does “selat” come from?
selat (Indonesian) comes from Javanese ꦱꦼꦭꦠ꧀, from Dutch salade, from Middle Dutch salade, from Middle French salade, from Old French salade, from Italian salada, from Vulgar Latin salata, from Latin Salo — salt.
selat (Indonesian): strait
Definitions
- strait
Ancestry of “selat”, step by step
selat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Javanese ꦱꦼꦭꦠ꧀
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Javanese | ꦱꦼꦭꦠ꧀ | lettuce |
| 2 | Dutch | salade | salad; lettuce; A sallet, a salade |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | salade | — |
| 4 | Middle French | salade | — |
| 5 | Old French | salade | — |
| 6 | Italian | salada | — |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | salata | salted |
| 8 | Latin | Salo | that flows near Bilbilis and then into the Iberus, now the Jalón |
| 9 | Latin | saliō | to leap, jump, bound |
| 10 | Latin | sāl | salt |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | sāls | salt |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | salt |
via Malay selat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | selat | strait |