Where does “Mauséiercherszalot” come from?
Mauséiercherszalot (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish Zalot, from Middle French salade, from Old French salade, from Italian salada, from Vulgar Latin salata, from Latin Salo, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl — salt.
Mauséiercherszalot (Luxembourgish): lamb's lettuce
Definitions
- lamb's lettuce
Ancestry of “Mauséiercherszalot”, step by step
Mauséiercherszalot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Luxembourgish Zalot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourgish | Zalot | salad dish |
| 2 | Middle French | salade | — |
| 3 | Old French | salade | — |
| 4 | Italian | salada | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | salata | salted |
| 6 | Latin | Salo | that flows near Bilbilis and then into the Iberus, now the Jalón |
| 7 | Latin | saliō | to leap, jump, bound |
| 8 | Latin | sāl | salt |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | sāls | salt |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | salt |