Where does “salz” come from?

salz (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic salt, from Proto-Germanic saltą, from Proto-Indo-European séh₂l-.

Ancestry of “salz”, step by step

salz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic salt

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

via Proto-Germanic *salt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*salt—

Words derived from “salz”

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