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Where does “*salu” come from?

*salu (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic salwaz, from Proto-Indo-European salw-.

Ancestry of “*salu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsalwazdusky, grey; smutty, dirty, muddy; sallow
2Proto-Indo-Europeansalw-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European salw- →