Where does “sold” come from?

sold (Danish) comes from Middle Low German solt, from Old Saxon salt, from Proto-West Germanic salt, from Proto-Germanic saltą, from Proto-Indo-European séh₂l-.

sold (Danish): sieve

Definitions

  1. sieve

Ancestry of “sold”, step by step

sold traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Low German solt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germansolt—
2Old Saxonsalt—
3Proto-West Germanicsaltsalty; salt
4Proto-Germanicsaltąsalt
5Proto-Indo-Europeanséh₂l-—

via Old Norse sáld

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesáld—
2Proto-Germanicsēdląsieve
3Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₁-to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European séh₂l- →Every word from Proto-Germanic saltą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic salt →