Where does “sel” come from?

sel (Romansch) comes from Latin sal, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

sel (Romansch): salt

Definitions

  1. salt

Ancestry of “sel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsalsalt; wit
2Proto-Italicsālssalt
3Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sal →
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