Where does “sælmerige” come from?

sælmerige (Old English) comes from Latin salimuria, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

sælmerige (Old English): brine

Definitions

  1. brine

Ancestry of “sælmerige”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsalimuriasalt water
2Latinsālsalt
3Proto-Italicsālssalt
4Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →
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