English
salten
From salt + -en (“to make like”).
A compound of salt + -en ‘to make like’
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
verb To make or become salty or salted
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / salten