Where does “sarniță” come from?

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

sarniță (Romanian): salt cellar

Definitions

  1. salt cellar

Ancestry of “sarniță”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniansaresalt
2Vulgar Latinsaleablative singular of sāl; salt
3Latinsālsalt
4Proto-Italicsālssalt
5Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →
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