English
hartshorn salt
Compound of hartshorn + salt.
A compound of hartshorn + salt
Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l ‘salt’
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Proto-Germanic *saltą ‘salt’
Proto-West Germanic *salt ‘salt’
Old English sealt ‘common salt’
Middle English salt
English salt
Today it means
noun A leavening agent consisting of ammonium bicarbonate and ammonium carbamate.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hartshorn salt