Where does “Sarealbă” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Sarealbă”, step by step

Sarealbă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian sare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniansaresalt
2Vulgar Latinsaleablative singular of sāl; salt
3Latinsālsalt
4Proto-Italicsālssalt
5Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

via Romanian alb

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianalbwhite; clean, pure, immaculate; the color white
2LatinAlbuswhite properly without, dull white
3Proto-Italicalβoswhite
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élbʰoswhite
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →
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