Where does “sale” come from?

sale (Venetian) comes from Latin sal, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

sale (Venetian): salt

Definitions

  1. salt

Ancestry of “sale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsalsalt; wit
2Proto-Italicsālssalt
3Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sal →