Where does “sealt” come from?

sealt (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic salt, from Proto-Germanic saltą, from Proto-Indo-European séh₂l-.

sealt (Old English): common salt; salt, salty, salted

Definitions

  1. common salt; salt, salty, salted

Ancestry of “sealt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicsaltsalty; salt
2Proto-Germanicsaltąsalt
3Proto-Indo-Europeanséh₂l-—

Words derived from “sealt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European séh₂l- →Every word from Proto-Germanic saltą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic salt →
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