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Where does “salann” come from?

salann (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic *saleinos, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.

salann (Old Irish): salt

Definitions

  1. salt

Ancestry of “salann”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtic*saleinos—
2Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂l—

Words derived from “salann”

  • foshalann
  • salann
  • salann
  • fo-hollan
  • sollan
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