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Where does “sāls” come from?

sāls (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.

Ancestry of “sāls”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂l—

Words derived from “sāls”

  • sail
  • assault
  • salary
  • isolation
  • sailing
  • insulin
  • sauce
  • salmon
  • salad
  • salient
  • peninsula
  • isolate
  • saline
  • sausage
  • isle
  • exultation
  • saucepan
  • assailant
  • insular
  • desultory
  • assail
  • islet
  • salaried
  • saucy
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →