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Where does “salh” come from?

salh (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic salhô, from Indo-European *sl̥H-ik-.

salh (Proto-West Germanic): willow

Definitions

  1. willow

Ancestry of “salh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsalhôwillow, sallow
2Indo-European*sl̥H-ik-—

Words derived from “salh”

  • Sale
  • Shelby
  • sally
  • Shelbyville
  • sallyport
  • Shelbi
  • Shelbyvillian
  • Selby
  • Salibi
  • saly
  • salwe
  • sealh
  • salig
Every word from Indo-European *sl̥H-ik- →