souten

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *saltan, from Proto-Germanic *saltaną. The verb was originally a class 7 strong verb, but the verb became weak early on and only the strong past participle was preserved.

Verb

souten

1. to salt

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: zouten
• Limburgish: zate

Further reading

• “souten”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “souten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN