Where does “sahll” come from?
sahll (Manx) comes from Old Irish saill, from Latvian salna, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.
sahll (Manx): fat, grease
Ancestry of “sahll”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Irish | saill | salted meat, especially bacon |
| 2 | Latvian | salna | light frost, especially in spring or winter, with... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | — |