Where does “salten” come from?

salten (English) comes from English Salt, from Latin saltus, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

salten (English): salted; salty; To make or become salty or salted

Definitions

  1. salted; salty; To make or become salty or salted

Ancestry of “salten”, step by step

salten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Salt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSaltOS grid ref SJ9527
2LatinsaltusA leap, jump; a leaping; A forest or mountain...
3Latinsaliōto leap, jump, bound
4Latinsālsalt
5Proto-Italicsālssalt
6Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

via Middle English salten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishsaltenTo salt food; to sprinkle with salt for flavour;...
2Old Englishsealtanto salt
3Proto-West Germanic*saltan—
4Proto-Germanicsaltanąto salt, to pickle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →