Where does “salmoira” come from?

salmoira (Old Portuguese) comes from Late Latin salimuria, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

Ancestry of “salmoira”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinsalimuriasalt water
2Latinsālsalt
3Proto-Italicsālssalt
4Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

Words derived from “salmoira

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂lEvery word from Proto-Italic sālsEvery word from Latin sāl