Where does “sulta” come from?

sulta (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *sultiju, from Proto-Germanic sultijō, from Proto-Indo-European sal- — dirty, grey; dirt, dirty; grayish, impure gray.

sulta (Old Dutch): salt water

Definitions

  1. salt water

Ancestry of “sulta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*sultiju—
2Proto-Germanicsultijōsalty water; saltwater; brine; a saltmarsh
3Proto-Indo-Europeansal-dirty, grey; dirt, dirty; grayish, impure gray

Words derived from “sulta”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sal- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sultijō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sultiju →