Words that come from Proto-West Germanic “salt”

205 words across 30 languages descend from Proto-West Germanic salt — including salt, Salter, Salzburg, salting, saltness, saltspoonful, saltern, saltbush.

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German (81)

English (71)

Old English (5)

Romanian (5)

Middle English (4)

Bavarian (4)

Yiddish (3)

Scots (3)

Plautdietsch (3)

Luxembourgish (2)

West Uvean (2)

Middle High German (2)

Old High German (2)

Maori (2)

Old Frisian (1)

North Frisian (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Portuguese (1)

Middle Low German (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Spanish (1)

Danish (1)

Marshallese (1)

Kosraean (1)

Hopi (1)

West Frisian (1)

Pichinglis (1)

Polish (1)

Yola (1)

Japanese (1)