Where does “salvavidas” come from?

salvavidas (Spanish) comes from Spanish salvar, from Old Spanish salvar, from Latin salvāre, from Latin salvus, from Proto-Italic *salawos, from Proto-Indo-European solh₂wós, from Proto-Indo-European sōlh₂- — mercy, comfort; comfort, mercy.

salvavidas (Spanish): emergency, life saving; life preserver, life...

Definitions

  1. emergency, life saving; life preserver, life...

Ancestry of “salvavidas”, step by step

salvavidas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish salvar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsalvarto save; to rescue; to salvage
2Old Spanishsalvar—
3Latinsalvāre—
4Latinsalvussafe, saved, preserved, sound, unharmed,...
5Proto-Italic*salawoswhole
6Proto-Indo-Europeansolh₂wós—
7Proto-Indo-Europeansōlh₂-mercy, comfort; comfort, mercy

via Spanish vida

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishvidalife; lifestyle; livelihood; living
2Latinvītalife
3Latinvīvōto live
4Proto-Italicgʷīwōlive, be alive
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷíh₃wetito live, to be alive
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷih₃wósalive, living
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeih₃w-to live

Words derived from “salvavidas”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sōlh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European solh₂wós →Every word from Proto-Italic *salawos →