Where does “salowe” come from?
salowe (Middle English) comes from Old English salu, from Proto-West Germanic *salu, from Proto-Germanic salwaz, from Proto-Indo-European salw-.
salowe (Middle English): sallow
Ancestry of “salowe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | salu | dusky |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *salu | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | salwaz | dusky, grey; smutty, dirty, muddy; sallow |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | salw- | — |
Words derived from “salowe”