Where does “sealtan” come from?

sealtan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *saltan, from Proto-Germanic saltaną, from Proto-Indo-European séh₂l-.

sealtan (Old English): to salt

Definitions

  1. to salt

Ancestry of “sealtan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*saltan—
2Proto-Germanicsaltanąto salt, to pickle
3Proto-Indo-Europeanséh₂l-—

Words derived from “sealtan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European séh₂l- →Every word from Proto-Germanic saltaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *saltan →