Where does “Salzschmelze” come from?

Salzschmelze (German) comes from German salz, from Middle High German salz, from Old High German salz, from Proto-West Germanic salt, from Proto-Germanic saltą, from Proto-Indo-European séh₂l-.

Salzschmelze (German): molten salt

Definitions

  1. molten salt

Ancestry of “Salzschmelze”, step by step

Salzschmelze traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German salz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansalzsalt, table salt, sal
2Middle High Germansalz
3Old High Germansalz
4Proto-West Germanicsaltsalty; salt
5Proto-Germanicsaltąsalt
6Proto-Indo-Europeanséh₂l-

via German schmelze

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschmelzeinflection of schmelzen: ## first-person singular...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European séh₂l-Every word from Proto-Germanic saltąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic salt