Where does “salsicha” come from?

salsicha (Portuguese) comes from Italian salsiccia, from Latin salsīcia, from Latin salsus, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

salsicha (Portuguese): sausage; basset hound

Definitions

  1. sausage; basset hound

Ancestry of “salsicha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansalsicciasausage
2Latinsalsīcia—
3Latinsalsussalty, briny; salted; witty
4Latinsālsalt
5Proto-Italicsālssalt
6Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

Words derived from “salsicha”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →