Where does “salfwurt” come from?

salfwurt (Old Dutch) comes from Old Dutch salva, from Proto-West Germanic salbu, from Proto-Germanic salbō, from Proto-Indo-European solp-éh₂, from Proto-Indo-European selp- — fat, oil.

salfwurt (Old Dutch): herbal ointment

Definitions

  1. herbal ointment

Ancestry of “salfwurt”, step by step

salfwurt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Dutch salva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchsalvasalve, ointment
2Proto-West Germanicsalbusalve, ointment
3Proto-Germanicsalbōsalve, ointment
4Proto-Indo-Europeansolp-éh₂—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanselp-fat, oil

via Proto-Germanic wurt-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwurt-oblique stem of *wrōts
2Proto-Germanicwrōtsroot
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European selp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European solp-éh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic salbō →