Where does “salamoreznica” come from?

salamoreznica (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian salama, from Italian salame, from Italian sale, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

salamoreznica (Serbo-Croatian): deli slicer

Definitions

  1. deli slicer

Ancestry of “salamoreznica”, step by step

salamoreznica traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian salama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiansalamasalami
2Italiansalamesalami
3Italiansalesalt, sal; plural of sala; third-person singular...
4Latinsālsalt
5Proto-Italicsālssalt
6Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

via Serbo-Croatian režati

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianrežatito growl
2Proto-Slavicrězatito cut, to slice; to crop, to shear; to trim
3Proto-Balto-Slavic*rḗˀźteito cut
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwreh₁ǵ-to break, tear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →