Where does “salt” come from?

salt (Middle English) comes from Old English sealt, from Proto-West Germanic salt, from Proto-Germanic saltą, from Proto-Indo-European séh₂l-.

salt (Middle English): salt; Something containing or for storing salt;...

Definitions

  1. salt; Something containing or for storing salt;...

Ancestry of “salt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsealtcommon salt; salt, salty, salted
2Proto-West Germanicsaltsalty; salt
3Proto-Germanicsaltąsalt
4Proto-Indo-Europeanséh₂l-—

Words derived from “salt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European séh₂l- →Every word from Proto-Germanic saltą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic salt →
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