Where does “saillid” come from?

saillid (Old Irish) comes from Old Irish saill, from Latvian salna, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

saillid (Old Irish): he salts, cures

Definitions

  1. he salts, cures

Ancestry of “saillid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishsaillsalted meat, especially bacon
2Latviansalnalight frost, especially in spring or winter, with...
3Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Latvian salna →Every word from Old Irish saill →
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