Where does “salwe” come from?

salwe (Middle English) comes from Old English sealh, from Proto-West Germanic salh, from Proto-Germanic salhô, from Indo-European *sl̥H-ik-.

salwe (Middle English): willow, sallow

Definitions

  1. willow, sallow

Ancestry of “salwe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsealhwillow, sallow
2Proto-West Germanicsalhwillow
3Proto-Germanicsalhôwillow, sallow
4Indo-European*sl̥H-ik-—

Words derived from “salwe”

Every word from Indo-European *sl̥H-ik- →Every word from Proto-Germanic salhô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic salh →