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Where does “salta” come from?

salta (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish salta, from Old Norse salta, from Proto-Germanic saltaną, from Proto-Indo-European séh₂l-.

salta (Swedish): to salt; to request much more payment than...

Definitions

  1. to salt; to request much more payment than...

Ancestry of “salta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishsalta—
2Old Norsesaltato salt, pickle; inflection of saltr : ## strong...
3Proto-Germanicsaltanąto salt, to pickle
4Proto-Indo-Europeanséh₂l-—

Words derived from “salta”

  • sopsaltare
Every word from Proto-Indo-European séh₂l- →