Where does “sărat” come from?
sărat (Romanian) comes from Romanian săra, from Romanian sare, from Vulgar Latin sale, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.
sărat (Romanian): salted; salty; brackish
Ancestry of “sărat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | săra | to salt; to brine |
| 2 | Romanian | sare | salt |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | sale | ablative singular of sāl; salt |
| 4 | Latin | sāl | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | sāls | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | — |