Where does “saalt” come from?

saalt (North Frisian) comes from English Salt, from Latin saltus, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

saalt (North Frisian): salt

Definitions

  1. salt

Ancestry of “saalt”, step by step

saalt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Salt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSaltOS grid ref SJ9527
2LatinsaltusA leap, jump; a leaping; A forest or mountain...
3Latinsaliōto leap, jump, bound
4Latinsālsalt
5Proto-Italicsālssalt
6Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

via Old Frisian salt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisiansaltsalt; salty, salted
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂lEvery word from Proto-Italic sālsEvery word from Latin sāl