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
Ancestry of “salu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | *salu | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | salwaz | dusky, grey; smutty, dirty, muddy; sallow |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | salw- | — |
Words derived from “salu”