zalf
Dutch (Brabantic)
/zɑlf/
noun
Definitions
- salve, cream, ointment
- (The Hague) mayonnaise
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch salve inherited from Old Dutch salva inherited from Proto-Germanic *salbō (settler, assuager, salve, ointment) root from Proto-Indo-European *selp- (butter, fat, grease).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*selp-
Gloss
butter, fat, grease
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
脂
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- eyesalve English
- quacksalver English
- quacksalvery English
- salve English
- salvelike English
- salver English
- appel Dutch, Flemish
- appelzalf Dutch, Flemish
- branden Dutch, Flemish
- brandzalf Dutch, Flemish
- ἔλπος Ancient Greek
- *selp- Proto-Indo-European
- *solp-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- Gonçalvo Portuguese
- *salbō Proto-Germanic
- *salbōną Proto-Germanic
- salva Swedish
- sealf Old English
- salve Middle English
- kwaksalver Middle Dutch
- salve Middle Dutch
- salba Old High German
- Sallef Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *salbu gmw-pro
- salva Old Dutch
- salve Middle Low German
- salva Old Saxon
- clp Middle Persian