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

salh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic salhô

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

via Proto-Germanic salhaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsalhazwillow
2Proto-Indo-Europeansh₂lk-willow

Words derived from “salh”

Every word from Indo-European *sl̥H-ik- →Every word from Proto-Germanic salhô →