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Where does “coleslaw” come from?

coleslaw (Polish) comes from English coleslaw, from Dutch koolsla, from Dutch sla, from Dutch salade, from Middle Dutch salade, from Middle French salade, from Old French salade, from Italian salada.

coleslaw (Polish): coleslaw salad

Definitions

  1. coleslaw salad

Ancestry of “coleslaw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcoleslawA salad of finely shredded raw cabbage and...
2Dutchkoolslacabbage salad, coleslaw
3Dutchslalettuce; salad
4Dutchsaladesalad; lettuce; A sallet, a salade
5Middle Dutchsalade—
6Middle Frenchsalade—
7Old Frenchsalade—
8Italiansalada—
9Vulgar Latinsalatasalted
10LatinSalo—
11Latinsaliō—
12Latinsāl—
13Proto-Italicsāls—
14Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂l—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →