sallow
English
/ˈsæ.ləʊ/
adj
Definitions
- (of skin) Yellowish.
- (of a person) Having skin (especially on the face) of a sickly pale colour.
- (of objects or dim light) Having a similar pale, yellowish colour.
- Dirty; murky.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English salowe inherited from Old English salu (dark, dusky, dirty gray) inherited from Proto-Germanic *salwaz (muddy, gray, dusky, dark) derived from Proto-Indo-European *solH.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*solH
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- salicaceous English
- salicylic English
- sallowish English
- sallowly English
- sallowness English
- sallowy English
- halpa Finnish
- halpa-arvoinen Finnish
- halpahalli Finnish
- halpahintainen Finnish
- halpakopio Finnish
- halpakorkoinen Finnish
- halpalento Finnish
- halpamainen Finnish
- halpamielinen Finnish
- halpamyynti Finnish
- halpasukuinen Finnish
- halpatuonti Finnish
- halpatuote Finnish
- halpatyövoima Finnish
- halpuus Finnish
- halpuuttaa Finnish
- halvasti Finnish
- halveksia Finnish
- halveksua Finnish
- halventaa Finnish
- halveta Finnish
- salava Finnish
- sikahalpa Finnish
- *salicārius Latin
- salicastrum Latin
- salicetum Latin
- salicifolius Latin
- salicinus Latin
- salicētum Latin
- saliva Latin
- salix Latin
- Salizional German
- salive French
- соловый Russian
- *sal(w)- Proto-Indo-European
- *salw- Proto-Indo-European
- *saləḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *solH Proto-Indo-European
- *solH- Proto-Indo-European
- *salwaz Proto-Germanic
- salu Old English
- salowe Middle English
- *solvъ Proto-Slavic
- saliko Esperanto
- seiva Galician
- sălciu Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- helyg Welsh
- helyglys Welsh
- halb Estonian
- halvasti Estonian
- *halpa Proto-Finnic
- *salaga Proto-Finnic
- *salo Frankish
- salce Old Spanish