Re: AS gebúr; bauer; neighbour

On Mar 19, 7:54 am, Dušan Vukotić <dusan.vuko...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mar 19, 4:26 am, lorad...@xxxxxx wrote:

Too bad neither is a native speaker.
Latvian also alternatively has 'sala' as 'island', but <sálti> imo,
is off base; different roots.
'Saldit' means 'to freeze'; and frozen water moves (very) slowly.

Would you mind explaining the etymology of the Baltic word "saldit/
salt"?

DV

No problem..

Standard:'saldet'.. 'to cool down'.. (usually to a frozen state).
(Chill water too much and you get (ice) islands - 'salas'.. of
course)
Vernacular; 'salt'

'Saldeti' and 'salti' are respective conjugations.

Standard: 'iesaldet' - 'to freeze'
Standard: 'iesalt' - 'to freeze in' (to make ice bound)

[(ie+ salas+*lande)? (would mean 'ice bound' +*land)?]

[Old Norse: <íss> ice, icicle [Pokorny 2: ei-s-, ei-n- :: ice,
frost] ]

Standard: 'sasaldejs' - 'chilled person/chilled masculine gendered
thing'
Vernacular: 'sasalis' - 'chilled person/chilled masculine gendered
thing'

Bonus confusing info:

Standard: 'saldinat' - 'to sweeten'
'saldudens' - 'freshwater'
'iesals' - 'malt' (which is sweet)

And to top it off: 'saldejums' - 'icecream' ... which is both frozen
*and* sweet (!)

'Salt' as in table salt is just 'sals'






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