Where does “sāl” come from?
sāl (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-West Germanic sadul, from Proto-Germanic sadulaz, from Proto-Indo-European sod-tlō-, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd-.
Ancestry of “sāl”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | sadul | saddle |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | sadulaz | saddle |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | sod-tlō- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sḗd- | — |