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Where does “salt” come from?

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

salt (Latvian): to freeze

Definitions

  1. to freeze

Ancestry of “salt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline

Words derived from “salt”

  • saldināšana
  • saldus
  • saldu
  • salds
  • saldināt
  • saldums
  • salt
  • saldens
  • salna
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