Where does “salladskål” come from?
salladskål (Swedish) comes from Swedish sallad, from French salade, from Italian salada, from Vulgar Latin salata, from Latin Salo, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls — salt.
salladskål (Swedish): napa cabbage, Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis
Definitions
- napa cabbage, Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis
Ancestry of “salladskål”, step by step
salladskål traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish sallad
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | sallad | salad; vegetables consisting of leaves, typically... |
| 2 | French | salade | salad; sallet |
| 3 | Italian | salada | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | salata | salted |
| 5 | Latin | Salo | that flows near Bilbilis and then into the Iberus, now the Jalón |
| 6 | Latin | saliō | to leap, jump, bound |
| 7 | Latin | sāl | salt |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | sāls | salt |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | salt |
via Swedish kål
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kål | cabbage; edible plants of the species "Brassica... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | kāl | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | kál | cabbage, kale |
| 4 | Old English | cāwel | colewort |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *kauli | cabbage, colewort |
| 6 | Latin | caulis | dative plural of caulae; ablative plural of... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | καυλός | stem, stalk; shaft |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂ulós | — |