Where does “sāl” come from?

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

sāl (Latin): salt

Definitions

  1. salt

Ancestry of “sāl”, step by step

sāl traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Italic sāls

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicsālssalt
2Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

via Proto-Indo-European séh₂l-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanséh₂l-—

Words derived from “sāl”

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