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
Ancestry of “salnis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | salns | roan-colored; having a color similar to that of a... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | sal- | dirty, grey; dirt, dirty; grayish, impure gray |