Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/saltaną
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Pre-Germanic *sh₂ld-, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂l- with *-d- extension. Cognate with Latin sallō (“to salt”), Old Irish saillid.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]*saltaną
Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of *saltaną (strong class 7c)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Most descendants preserve this as a weak verb, presumably based on an innovated form *saltijaną or *saltōną, derived from the noun or adjective.
- Old English: sealtan; sealten (ppl)
- Old Frisian: *salta; *salten (ppl)
- Saterland Frisian: soalten (adj)
- Old Saxon: *saltan; *gisaltan
- Old Dutch: *saltan
- Old High German: salzan
- Old Norse: salta
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐍄𐌰𐌽 (saltan)