The story
- Arabicخُصَى (ḵuṣā)
- Proto-Semitic*ṯaʕlab-
- Arabicثَعْلَب (ṯaʕlab)
- Arabicخُصَى الثَعْلَب (ḵuṣā aṯ-ṯaʕlab)
- Arabicسَحْلَب (saḥlab)
- Ottoman Turkishسالپ (sālep)
- Turkishsalep
- Frenchsalep
- English todaysalep
Borrowed from French salep, borrowed from Turkish salep, from Ottoman Turkish سالپ (sālep), borrowed from Arabic سَحْلَب (saḥlab), from خُصَى الثَعْلَب (ḵuṣā aṯ-ṯaʕlab), from خُصَى (ḵuṣā) + ثَعْلَب (ṯaʕlab), literally “fox testicles”.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.