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. The closest cognate is Old Armenian աղտ (ałt) (cf. also Proto-Slavic *soldъkъ, Lithuanian saldus). Other cognates include Latin sāl, Latvian sāls, Russian соль (solʹ), Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls) and Welsh halen.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɑl.tɑ̃/

Noun

*saltą n

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
  - 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
      - Afrikaans: sout
      - Negerhollands: sout
      - Skepi Creole Dutch: sout
      - → Aukan: sawtu
      - → Loup A: sat
      - →? Mahican: săschuak
      - → Saramaccan: sátu
      - → Sranan Tongo: sowtu
        → Ndyuka-Trio Pidgin: sautu
    - Limburgish: zaat
- Old High German: salz
  - Middle High German: salz
    - Alemannic German: Sàlz (Alsatian)
    - Bavarian:
      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:
- Northern Sami: sálti
- Southern Sami: saelhtie