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Salts
Salts comes from Yiddish זאַלץ ‘salt’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sḗh₂l‘salt’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*saltą‘salt’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*saltreconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050salz
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350same form
- Yiddishmodernזאַלץzalts‘salt’
- EnglishtodaySalts
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sḗh₂l‘salt’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*saltą‘salt’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*saltreconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050salz
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350same form
- Yiddishmodernזאַלץzalts‘salt’
- EnglishtodaySalts
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l ‘salt’
sauce, salary, cellar, salad, sausage, salsa, saline, sal, halogen, salami, salina, 33 more
Today it means
name A surname from Yiddish.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l / Salts