Where does “souten” come from?
souten (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch saltan, from Proto-Germanic saltaną, from Proto-Indo-European séh₂l-.
souten (Middle Dutch): to salt
Ancestry of “souten”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | saltan | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | saltaną | to salt, to pickle |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | séh₂l- | — |
Words derived from “souten”