Where does “saltland” come from?

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

saltland (English): Any land feature characterized by an abundance of salt, including salt flats, salt pans, or salt marshes

Definitions

Any land feature characterized by an abundance of salt, including salt flats, salt pans, or salt marshes

Ancestry of “saltland”, step by step

saltland traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Salt

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	Salt	OS grid ref SJ9527
2	Latin	saltus	A leap, jump; a leaping; A forest or mountain...
3	Latin	saliō	to leap, jump, bound
4	Latin	sāl	salt
5	Proto-Italic	sāls	salt
6	Proto-Indo-European	*sḗh₂l	salt

via English Land

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	Land	The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water
2	Middle English	land	Alternative form of lond; urine
3	Old English	hland	urine
4	Proto-Germanic	hlandą	urine
5	Proto-Indo-European	klān-	liquid, wet ground

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →