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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/saltaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *sh₂ld-, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂l- with *-d- extension. Cognate with Latin sallō (to salt), Old Irish saillid.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑl.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*saltaną

  1. to salt, to pickle

Inflection

Descendants

Most descendants preserve this as a weak verb, presumably based on an innovated form *saltijaną or *saltōną, derived from the noun or adjective.

  • Old English: sealtan; sealten (ppl)
  • Old Frisian: *salta; *salten (ppl)
    • Saterland Frisian: soalten (adj)
  • Old Saxon: *saltan; *gisaltan
    • Middle Low German: solten; solten (ppl)
      • German Low German: solten; solten (ppl)
      • Plautdietsch: solten
  • Old Dutch: *saltan
    • Middle Dutch: souten
      • Dutch: zouten (weak, but with a strong participle)
  • Old High German: salzan
    • Middle High German: salzen
      • German: salzen (weak, but with a strong participle)
      • Luxembourgish: salzen
  • Old Norse: salta
  • Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐍄𐌰𐌽 (saltan)

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill
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