Where does “xà lách” come from?

xà lách (Vietnamese) comes from French salade, from Italian salada, from Vulgar Latin salata, from Latin Salo, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

xà lách (Vietnamese): lettuce

Definitions

lettuce

Ancestry of “xà lách”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	salade	salad; sallet
2	Italian	salada	—
3	Vulgar Latin	salata	salted
4	Latin	Salo	that flows near Bilbilis and then into the Iberus, now the Jalón
5	Latin	saliō	to leap, jump, bound
6	Latin	sāl	salt
7	Proto-Italic	sāls	salt
8	Proto-Indo-European	*sḗh₂l	salt

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →