Where does “salmbärssylt” come from?

salmbärssylt (Swedish) comes from Swedish salmbär, from Swedish salomonbär, from Swedish bär, from English Bar, from German bär, from Middle High German bër, from Old High German beri, from Proto-West Germanic baʀi.

salmbärssylt (Swedish): dewberry jam

Definitions

  1. dewberry jam

Ancestry of “salmbärssylt”, step by step

salmbärssylt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish salmbär

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsalmbärdewberry
2Swedishsalomonbär
3Swedishbära berry
4EnglishBarA solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length
5Germanbär
6Middle High Germanbërbear
7Old High GermanberiA berry
8Proto-West Germanicbaʀiberry
9Proto-Germanicbazjąberry
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-to shine, glow light; to speak, say
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-s-ri-

via Swedish sylt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsyltjam
2Middle Low Germansulten
3Old Saxonsultiasaltwater
4Proto-Germanicsultijōsalty water; saltwater; brine; a saltmarsh
5Proto-Indo-Europeansal-dirty, grey; dirt, dirty; grayish, impure gray
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-s-ri-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-Every word from Proto-Germanic bazją