Where does “sel” come from?
sel (Middle French) comes from Old French sel, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.
sel (Middle French): salt
Ancestry of “sel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | sel | salt |
| 2 | Latin | sāl | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | sāls | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | — |