Where does “סאַלאַט” come from?

סאַלאַט (Yiddish) comes from Italian salata, from Vulgar Latin salata, from Latin Salo, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

סאַלאַט (Yiddish): salad a food made primarily of a mixture of raw ingredients, typically vegetables

Definitions

  1. salad a food made primarily of a mixture of raw ingredients, typically vegetables

Ancestry of “סאַלאַט”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansalatafeminine singular of salato; salad, something...
2Vulgar Latinsalatasalted
3LatinSalothat flows near Bilbilis and then into the Iberus, now the Jalón
4Latinsaliōto leap, jump, bound
5Latinsālsalt
6Proto-Italicsālssalt
7Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l
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