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Where does “salbu” come from?

salbu (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic salbō, from Proto-Indo-European solp-éh₂, from Proto-Indo-European selp- — fat, oil.

salbu (Proto-West Germanic): salve, ointment

Definitions

  1. salve, ointment

Ancestry of “salbu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsalbōsalve, ointment
2Proto-Indo-Europeansolp-éh₂—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanselp-fat, oil

Words derived from “salbu”

  • Salbe
  • salba
  • salbe
  • זאַלב
  • זאַלבן
  • Sallef
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