Where does “salātõd” come from?

salātõd (Livonian) comes from Latvian salāts, from Vulgar Latin salata, from Latin Salo, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

salātõd (Livonian): lettuce

Definitions

  1. lettuce

Ancestry of “salātõd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latviansalātslettuce; salad
2Vulgar Latinsalatasalted
3LatinSalothat flows near Bilbilis and then into the Iberus, now the Jalón
4Latinsaliōto leap, jump, bound
5Latinsālsalt
6Proto-Italicsālssalt
7Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →