salt

Swedish

/salt/

adj
Definitions
  • salty

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish salter inherited from Old Norse saltr (salt) inherited from Proto-Germanic *saltaz (salty) derived from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂l-, *séh₂l-.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*seh₂l-, *séh₂l-

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