Etymograph

English

Salkeld

Salkeld comes from Old English sealh ‘willow, sallow’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *sl̥H-ik-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sl̥H-ik-‘willow’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*salhô‘willow’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*salh‘willow’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150sealh‘willow, sallow’
  5. EnglishtodaySalkeld

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sl̥H-ik-‘willow’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*salhô‘willow’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*salh‘willow’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150sealh‘willow, sallow’
  5. EnglishtodaySalkeld

The story

Habitational surname from two places in Cumbria, from Old English sealh (‘willow, sallow’) + hylte (‘wood’).

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *sl̥H-ik- ‘willow’

salicylic, sargasso, 5 more

through Old English sealh ‘willow, sallow’

sally, sallow

Today it means

name A surname from Old English.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sl̥H-ik- / Salkeld

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