Where does “salo” come from?

salo (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *salu, from Proto-Germanic salwaz, from Proto-Indo-European salw-.

salo (Old Dutch): dusky, grey

Definitions

  1. dusky, grey

Ancestry of “salo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*saludusky, grey
2Proto-Germanicsalwazdusky, grey; smutty, dirty, muddy; sallow
3Proto-Indo-Europeansalw-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European salw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic salwaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *salu →