Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/saltą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *sh₂eldóm, ultimately from *séh₂ls (“salt”). Kroonen takes the exact derivational path as a neuter collective noun from *saltaną (“to salt”). The closest cognate is Old Armenian աղտ (ałt) (cf. also Proto-Slavic *soldъ, Lithuanian saldus). Other cognates include Latin sāl, Latvian sāls, Proto-Slavic *solь, Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls) and Welsh halen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑl.tɑ̃/

Noun

*saltą n

1. salt

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *saltą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*saltą	*saltō
vocative	*saltą	*saltō
accusative	*saltą	*saltō
genitive	*saltas, *saltis	*saltǫ̂
dative	*saltai	*saltamaz
instrumental	*saltō	*saltamiz

Related terms

• *saltaz
• *saltaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *salt
  • Old English: sealt
    • Middle English: salt
      • English: salt
      • Scots: sawt, salt, saut
      • Yola: zall
  • Old Frisian: salt
    • North Frisian: saalt
    • Saterland Frisian: Soalt, Saalt (Skäddel, Strukelje)
    • West Frisian: sâlt
  • Old Saxon: salt
    • Middle Low German: salt, solt
      • German Low German: Solt
      • Plautdietsch: Solt
  • Old Dutch: *salt
    • Middle Dutch: sout
      • Dutch: zout (see there for further descendants)
      • Limburgish: zaat
  • Old High German: salz
    • Middle High German: salz
      • Alemannic German: Sàlz (Alsatian)
      • Bavarian: Sålz, Soiz

        Cimbrian: saltz

        Mòcheno: sòlz

      • German: Salz
      • Luxembourgish: Salz
      • Vilamovian: zaołc
      • Yiddish: זאַלץ (zalts)
• Old Norse: salt
  • Icelandic: salt
  • Faroese: salt
  • Norn: salt
  • Norwegian: salt
  • Old Swedish: salt
    • Swedish: salt
  • Danish: salt
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐍄 (salt)
• Crimean Gothic: salt
• → Proto-Samic: *sālttē (see there for further descendants)