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
- dewberry jam
Ancestry of “salmbärssylt”, step by step
salmbärssylt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish salmbär
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | salmbär | dewberry |
| 2 | Swedish | salomonbär | — |
| 3 | Swedish | bär | a berry |
| 4 | English | Bar | A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length |
| 5 | German | bär | — |
| 6 | Middle High German | bër | bear |
| 7 | Old High German | beri | A berry |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | baʀi | berry |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | bazją | berry |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |