Where does “salu” come from?

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

salu (Old English): dusky

Definitions

  1. dusky

Ancestry of “salu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*saludusky, grey
2Proto-Germanicsalwazdusky, grey; smutty, dirty, muddy; sallow
3Proto-Indo-Europeansalw-—

Words derived from “salu”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European salw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic salwaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *salu →