Where does “sala” come from?

sala (Spanish) comes from Basque zahar, from Proto-Basque *za(h)ar — old.

sala (Spanish): room; large hall; ward

Definitions

  1. room; large hall; ward

Ancestry of “sala”, step by step

sala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Basque zahar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Basquezaharold, aged
2Proto-Basque*za(h)arold

via Proto-Germanic saliz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsalizhouse; dwelling; hall; room
2Proto-Indo-Europeansol-whole

Words derived from “sala

Every word from Proto-Basque *za(h)ar
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