Proto-Indo-European

*sḗh₂l

‘salt’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.

44 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l, most familiar first.

• salt ← sealt ← *saltą
• salary ← salarie ← salarie ← salaire ← salārium
• sauce ← sause ← *salsa ← salsus ← saliō
• salad ← salade ← salade ← salada ← *salāta
• sausage ← sawsiche ← sausiche ← salsīcia ← salsīcius
• cellar ← salière ← salier ← salarius ← sal
• salsa ← salsus ← sallō ← *saldō
• sal ← *sāls
• saline ← salyne ← salīna ← sal ← *sāls
• saucer ← saussier ← salsārium ← salsārius ← salsus
• salami ← salame ← sale ← sal ← *sāls
• halogen ← ἅλς ← *hā́ls

More words from *sḗh₂l

• salina
• halite
• muriatic
• yali
• salmi
• santan
• salame
• murri
• saucisson
• saler
• ensalada
• aigialosaur
• chouriço
• haline
• halieutics
• isohalsine
• muriate
• muride
• paralian
• paralious
• salume
• saucisse
• salify
• salumeria
• salumerie
• salsuginous
• salogen
• salatim
• saliuresis
• solonetz
• solonchak
• sosiska

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l