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Where does “sól” come from?

sól (Polish) comes from Old Polish sól, from Proto-Slavic sȏlь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sāˀlis, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.

sól (Polish): salt; second-person singular imperative of solić

Definitions

  1. salt; second-person singular imperative of solić

Ancestry of “sól”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishsól—
2Proto-Slavicsȏlьsalt
3Proto-Balto-Slavic*sāˀlis—
4Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂l—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →