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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.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *solp-éh₂, from *selp- (“salve, ointment”). Cognate with Sanskrit सर्पिस् (sarpís), Ancient Greek ἔλπος (élpos).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
*salbō f[1]
- salve, ointment
Inflection
Declension of *salbō (ō-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*salbō
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*salbôz
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| vocative
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*salbō
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*salbôz
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| accusative
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*salbǭ
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*salbōz
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| genitive
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*salbōz
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*salbǫ̂
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| dative
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*salbōi
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*salbōmaz
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| instrumental
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*salbō
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*salbōmiz
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Derived terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *salbu
- Old English: sealf
- Middle English: salve, salf, salfe, salff, salffe, salwe, selve, scealfe, sealfe, sealve (Early Middle English), sallfe (Ormulum)
- Old Frisian: *salf; *salve (suggested by derivative salva)
- Saterland Frisian: Soolve
- West Frisian: salve
- Old Saxon: salva
- Middle Low German: salve
- German Low German: Saalv
- → Old Swedish: salva
- → Danish: salve
- Old Dutch: salva
- Old High German: salba
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*salbō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 424