Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAn ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects. · Any remedy or action that soothes or heals.
From Middle English salve, from Old English sealf, from Proto-West Germanic *salbu, from Proto-Germanic *salbō, from Proto-Indo-European *solp-éh₂, from *selp- (“salve, ointment”). Cognates Cognate with Middle Low German salve (Danish salve, Dutch zalf), Old High German salba (German Salbe), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍉𐌽𐍃 (salbōns), Albanian gjalpë (“butter”), Sanskrit सर्पिस् (sarpís), Ancient Greek ἔλπος (élpos).
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- Root classification mention*selp-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionsalveenm
- Inherited-form mentionsealfang
- Inherited-form mention*salbugmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*salbōgem-pro
- Cognate mentionsalvegml
- Cognate mentionsalveda
- Cognate mentionzalfnl
- Cognate mentionsalbagoh
- Cognate mentionSalbede
- Cognate mention𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍉𐌽𐍃got
- Cognate mentiongjalpësq · butter
- Cognate mentionसर्पिस्sa
- Cognate mentionἔλποςgrc
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Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
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