Where does “Salzteig” come from?
Salzteig (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-.
Salzteig (German): salt dough
Definitions
- salt dough
Ancestry of “Salzteig”, step by step
Salzteig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German salz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | salz | salt, table salt, sal |
| 2 | Middle High German | salz | — |
| 3 | Old High German | salz | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | salt | salty; salt |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | saltą | salt |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | séh₂l- | — |
via German teig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | teig | dough, paste, pastry, batter soft, at least partially cohesive mixture of [[ingredient |
| 2 | Middle High German | teic | — |
| 3 | Old High German | teig | dough, pastry |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | daigaz | soft; that which is formed or kneaded; dough |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *dʰóyǵʰos | something that is kneaded, formed |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeyǵʰ- | to knead; to form, to shape |