Where does “salann” come from?

salann (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish salann, from Proto-Celtic *saleinos, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

salann (Scottish Gaelic): salt

Definitions

  1. salt

Ancestry of “salann”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishsalannsalt
2Proto-Celtic*saleinossalt
3Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Celtic *saleinos →Every word from Old Irish salann →