Where does “xauxu” come from?
xauxu (Mozarabic) comes from Latin salsus, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.
Ancestry of “xauxu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | salsus | salty, briny; salted; witty |
| 2 | Latin | sāl | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | sāls | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | — |