Where does “sauter” come from?
sauter (Scots) comes from Scots saut, from Old English sealt, from Proto-West Germanic salt, from Proto-Germanic saltą, from Proto-Indo-European séh₂l-.
sauter (Scots): salter; one who can do severe things
Definitions
- salter; one who can do severe things
Ancestry of “sauter”, step by step
sauter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Scots saut
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scots | saut | salt; bitter consequences, retribution, smart,... |
| 2 | Old English | sealt | common salt; salt, salty, salted |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | salt | salty; salt |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | saltą | salt |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | séh₂l- | — |
via Scots er
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scots | er | Second-person simple present form of "ti be";... |