Where does “sálga” come from?

sálga (Northern Sami) comes from Portuguese salgar, from Latin salix, from Proto-Indo-European *sl̥H-ik-.

sálga (Northern Sami): piece of meat; mouthful; sample, taste

Definitions

  1. piece of meat; mouthful; sample, taste

Ancestry of “sálga”, step by step

sálga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese salgar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesesalgarto salt
2Latinsalixwillow; a willow branch
3Proto-Indo-European*sl̥H-ik-—

via Proto-Samic sālkë

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samicsālkëseasoning
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sl̥H-ik- →Every word from Latin salix →Every word from Portuguese salgar →