Where does “salsuginis” come from?

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

salsuginis (Latin): genitive singular of salsūgō; saltness

Definitions

  1. genitive singular of salsūgō; saltness

Ancestry of “salsuginis”, step by step

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