Where does “saltsill” come from?

saltsill (Swedish) comes from Swedish salt, from Old Norse saltr, from Proto-Germanic saltaz, from Proto-Germanic saltaną, from Proto-Indo-European séh₂l-.

saltsill (Swedish): pickled herring

Definitions

  1. pickled herring

Ancestry of “saltsill”, step by step

saltsill traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish salt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsaltsalty; salt
2Old Norsesaltrsalty, salted
3Proto-Germanicsaltazsalty
4Proto-Germanicsaltanąto salt, to pickle
5Proto-Indo-Europeanséh₂l-—

via Swedish sill

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsilla herring
2Old Norsesíldherring
3Proto-Germanicsīląa kind of fish; a launce, sand eel; a herring
Every word from Proto-Indo-European séh₂l- →