Where does “saayu” come from?

saayu (Ye'kwana) comes from Spanish sal, from Old Spanish sal, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

saayu (Ye'kwana): salt

Definitions

  1. salt

Ancestry of “saayu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsalsalt; table salt; salt
2Old Spanishsalsalt
3Latinsālsalt
4Proto-Italicsālssalt
5Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →