Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/salbō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *solp-éh₂, from *selp- (“salve, ointment”). Cognate with Sanskrit सर्पिस् (sarpís), Ancient Greek ἔλπος (élpos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑl.βɔː/

Noun

*salbō f

1. salve, ointment

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *salbō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*salbō	*salbôz
vocative	*salbō	*salbôz
accusative	*salbǭ	*salbōz
genitive	*salbōz	*salbǫ̂
dative	*salbōi	*salbōmaz
instrumental	*salbō	*salbōmiz

Derived terms

• *salbōną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *salbu
  • Old English: sealf
    • Middle English: salve, salf, salfe, salff, salffe, salwe, selve; scealfe, sealfe, sealve (Early Middle English); sallfe (Ormulum)
      • English: salve
      • Scots: saw
  • Old Frisian: *salf; *salve (suggested by derivative salva)
    • West Frisian: salve
  • Old Saxon: salva
    • Middle Low German: salve
      • → Old Swedish: salva
        • Swedish: salva
      • → Danish: salve
        • → Icelandic: salvi
        • → Faroese: salva, sálva
  • Old Dutch: salba, salva
    • Middle Dutch: salve
      • Dutch: zalf
        • Afrikaans: salf
        • Negerhollands: salv
        • → Caribbean Javanese: salep
        • → Indonesian: salep
  • Old High German: salba
    • Middle High German: salp
      • German: Salbe
      • Hunsrik: Salleb
      • Luxembourgish: Sallef
      • Yiddish: זאַלב (zalb)