Where does “sal” come from?

sal (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish sal, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

sal (Spanish): salt; table salt; salt

Definitions

  1. salt; table salt; salt

Ancestry of “sal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishsalsalt
2Latinsālsalt
3Proto-Italicsālssalt
4Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

Words derived from “sal

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l