Where does “salnis” come from?

salnis (Latvian) comes from Latvian salns, from Proto-Indo-European sal- — dirty, grey; dirt, dirty; grayish, impure gray.

salnis (Latvian): roan horse

Definitions

  1. roan horse

Ancestry of “salnis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latviansalnsroan-colored; having a color similar to that of a...
2Proto-Indo-Europeansal-dirty, grey; dirt, dirty; grayish, impure gray
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sal- →Every word from Latvian salns →
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