Where does “saldus” come from?
saldus (Latvian) comes from Latvian salds, from Latvian salt, from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- — to cover; to incline.
saldus (Latvian): accusative plural masculine form of salds
Definitions
- accusative plural masculine form of salds
Ancestry of “saldus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | salds | sweet; excessively kind, excessively flattering,... |
| 2 | Latvian | salt | to freeze |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |