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Where does “salds” come from?

salds (Latvian) comes from Latvian salt, from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- — to cover; to incline.

salds (Latvian): sweet; excessively kind, excessively flattering,...

Definitions

  1. sweet; excessively kind, excessively flattering,...

Ancestry of “salds”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latviansaltto freeze
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline

Words derived from “salds”

  • saldus
  • saldināšana
  • saldu
  • saldināt
  • saldums
  • saldens
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