An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Salbei

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Salbei
Friedrich Kluge2509480An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — Salbei1891John Francis Davis

Salbei, m., ‘sage,’ from MidHG. salbeie, salveie, OHG. salbeia, salveia, f., from MidLat. salvegia, a variant of Lat. and Rom. salvia (Fr. sauge, whence E. sage).