Where does “salve” come from?
salve (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Middle Low German salve, from Old Saxon salva, from Proto-West Germanic salbu, from Proto-Germanic salbō, from Proto-Indo-European solp-éh₂, from Proto-Indo-European selp- — fat, oil.
salve (Norwegian Bokmål): ointment, salve; salvo, volley, a number of...
Definitions
- ointment, salve; salvo, volley, a number of...
Ancestry of “salve”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Low German | salve | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | salva | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | salbu | salve, ointment |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | salbō | salve, ointment |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | solp-éh₂ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | selp- | fat, oil |