Where does “Sărățelu” come from?

Sărățelu (Romanian) comes from Romanian Sărățel, from Romanian sărat, from Romanian săra, from Romanian sare, from Vulgar Latin sale, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

Ancestry of “Sărățelu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianSărățel—
2Romaniansăratsalted; salty; brackish
3Romaniansărato salt; to brine
4Romaniansaresalt
5Vulgar Latinsaleablative singular of sāl; salt
6Latinsālsalt
7Proto-Italicsālssalt
8Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →