Where does “sillsallad” come from?
sillsallad (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.
sillsallad (Swedish): A Swedish salad of pickled herring with beetroot, egg, etc
Definitions
- A Swedish salad of pickled herring with beetroot, egg, etc
Ancestry of “sillsallad”, step by step
sillsallad 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 |