English
salmi
Salmi comes from Italian salame ‘salami’, from sale ‘salt’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sḗh₂l1‘salt’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sāls1‘salt’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsāl2as salem‘salt’
- Italianc. 1300–presentsale3‘salt’
- Italianc. 1300–presentsalame3‘salami’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsalmis3
- Englishearliest quotation 1847salmi3
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin sal
- 2 Wiktionary, Italian sale
- 3 Wiktionary, English salmi
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1847, – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray: “She went downstairs to the kitchen and actually cooked…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sḗh₂lWiktionary, Latin sal‘salt’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sālsWiktionary, Latin sal‘salt’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsālWiktionary, Italian saleas salem‘salt’
- Italianc. 1300–presentsaleWiktionary, English salmi‘salt’
- Italianc. 1300–presentsalameWiktionary, English salmi‘salami’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsalmisWiktionary, English salmi
- Englishearliest quotation 1847salmiWiktionary, English salmi. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1847, – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray: “She went downstairs to the kitchen and actually cooked…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l ‘salt’
salt, salsa, saucer, halogen, 29 more
through Latin sāl ‘salt’
sauce, salary, cellar, salad, sausage, saline, sal, salina, 12 more
through Italian salame ‘salami’
Today it means
noun A rich stew or ragout, especially of game.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “salmi”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin sal, Italian sale. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l / salmi