Where does “sal” come from?

sal (Istriot) comes from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

sal (Istriot): salt

Definitions

  1. salt

Ancestry of “sal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsālsalt
2Proto-Italicsālssalt
3Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →
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