Where does “salsicciotto” come from?

salsicciotto (Italian) comes from Italian salsiccia, from Latin salsīcia, from Latin salsus, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

salsicciotto (Italian): A small sausage; frankfurter

Definitions

  1. A small sausage; frankfurter

Ancestry of “salsicciotto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansalsicciasausage
2Latinsalsīcia—
3Latinsalsussalty, briny; salted; witty
4Latinsālsalt
5Proto-Italicsālssalt
6Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →