Where does “sealf” come from?

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

sealf (Old English): salve

Definitions

  1. salve

Ancestry of “sealf”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sealf”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European selp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European solp-éh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic salbō →