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Where does “šarlah” come from?

šarlah (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German scharlach, from Middle High German scharlach, from Middle High German scharlachen, from Middle Dutch scarlaken, from Old French escarlate, from Medieval Latin scarlatum, from Persian سقرلاط, from Greek σιγιλλᾶτος — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

šarlah (Serbo-Croatian): scarlet fever

Definitions

  1. scarlet fever

Ancestry of “šarlah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanscharlach—
2Middle High Germanscharlach—
3Middle High Germanscharlachen—
4Middle Dutchscarlaken—
5Old Frenchescarlatea sort of fine, expensive cloth
6Medieval Latinscarlatumscarlet cloth; scarlet, cloth of scarlet
7Persianسقرلاطa warm woollen cloth
8Greekσιγιλλᾶτος—
9Latinsigillatumnominative neuter singular of sigillātus;...
10LatinsigilloI seal; I confirm; dative singular of sigillum
11Latinsigillumfigurine, statuette; seal
12Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
13Proto-Italic-elos—
14Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
15Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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