Where does “saill” come from?

saill (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish saill, from Latvian salna, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

saill (Scottish Gaelic): fat, grease, suet; pickle, cure, preserve, salt

Definitions

  1. fat, grease, suet; pickle, cure, preserve, salt

Ancestry of “saill”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishsaillsalted meat, especially bacon
2Latviansalnalight frost, especially in spring or winter, with...
3Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Latvian salna →Every word from Old Irish saill →