salt.
salty
Meaning & usage
salty
Soppan är för salt.
Where this word comes from
From Old Swedish salter, from Old Norse saltr, from Proto-Germanic *saltaz, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂l-, *sḗh₂l, *sáls.
salt sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative.
salt och peppar
salt One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.
Where this word comes from
From Old Swedish salt, from Old Norse salt (akin to Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐍄 (salt), Old English sealt, Old High German salz, Old Saxon salt), from Proto-Germanic *saltą, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂l-, *sḗh₂l. Cognate with Danish, Icelandic, and Norwegian salt.
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