Where does “silting” come from?

Silting comes from English silt, derived from Middle English silte and silen, from Old French siller and cil, from Latin cilium, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ḱel-yo-m and ḱel-.

silting (English): present participle of silt

Definitions

  1. present participle of silt

Ancestry of “silting”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsiltMud or fine earth deposited from running or...
2Middle Englishsilte—
3Proto-Germanicsultijōsalty water; saltwater; brine; a saltmarsh
4Proto-Indo-Europeansal-dirty, grey; dirt, dirty; grayish, impure gray
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sal- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sultijō →Every word from Middle English silte →
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