Where does “salta” come from?
salta (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål salte, from Old Norse salta, from Proto-Germanic saltaną, from Proto-Indo-European séh₂l-.
salta (Norwegian Bokmål): definite plural of salt; inflection of salte:
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Definitions
- definite plural of salt; inflection of salte:
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Ancestry of “salta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | salte | definite singular/plural of salt; to salt |
| 2 | Old Norse | salta | to salt, pickle; inflection of saltr :
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| 3 | Proto-Germanic | saltaną | to salt, to pickle |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | séh₂l- | — |