Etymograph

English

sally

Sally comes from Old English sealh ‘willow’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *sl̥H-ik-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sl̥H-ik-‘willow’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*salhô‘willow’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*salh‘willow’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150sealhas saliġ‘willow’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500saly
  6. Englishtodaysally

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sl̥H-ik-‘willow’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*salhô‘willow’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*salh‘willow’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150sealhas saliġ‘willow’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500saly
  6. Englishtodaysally

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *sl̥H-ik- ‘willow’

salicylic, sargasso, 5 more

through Old English sealh ‘willow’

sallow

Another origin of sally

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sel-‘jump, spring’uncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sl̥-yé-toruncertain
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἅλλομαιhállomai‘to leap, jump’uncertain
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsalioas salīre‘to leap’
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentsaillir‘to leap forth’
  6. French, derivedc. 1600–presentsailli
  7. French, derivedc. 1600–presentsaillie
  8. Englishtodaysally

Today it means

noun A willow.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sl̥H-ik- / sally

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