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.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑl.tɑ̃/

Noun

*saltą n

  1. salt

Inflection

Declension 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

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *salt
    • Old English: sealt
      • Middle English: salt
        • English: salt
        • Scots: sawt, salt, saut
        • Yola: zall
    • Old Frisian: salt
    • Old Saxon: salt
      • Middle Low German: solt
    • Old Dutch: *salt
      • Middle Dutch: sout
        • Dutch: zout (see there for further descendants)
        • Limburgish: zaat
    • Old High German: salz
  • Old Norse: salt
  • Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐍄 (salt)
  • Crimean Gothic: salt
  • → Proto-Samic: *sālttē (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*salta-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 425
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