English
sal
Sal comes from Sanskrit शाल ‘being in a house’.
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEशालśāla‘being in a house’
- Hindic. 1500–presentसालsāl
- Englishearliest quotation 1989sal
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEशालśāla‘being in a house’
- Hindic. 1500–presentसालsāl
- Englishearliest quotation 1989sal
Earliest quotation: 1989, Thomas Weber, Hugging the trees: the story of the Chipko movement: “As the sals were cut in the lower foothill…”
Every English word from Sanskrit शाल
Today it means
noun Shorea robusta, a dipterocarpaceous tree.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Sanskrit शाल / sal