Where does “salten” come from?

salten (Middle English) comes from Old English sealtan, from Proto-West Germanic *saltan, from Proto-Germanic saltaną, from Proto-Indo-European séh₂l-.

salten (Middle English): To salt food; to sprinkle with salt for flavour;...

Definitions

  1. To salt food; to sprinkle with salt for flavour;...

Ancestry of “salten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsealtanto salt
2Proto-West Germanic*saltan—
3Proto-Germanicsaltanąto salt, to pickle
4Proto-Indo-Europeanséh₂l-—

Words derived from “salten”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European séh₂l- →Every word from Proto-Germanic saltaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *saltan →