*salbō

Runic: ᛊᚨᛚᛒᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈsɑl.βɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

salve, ointment

Etymology

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

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	salbō	salbôz
Acc.	salbǭ	salbōz
Gen.	salbōz	salbǫ̂
Dat.	salbōi	salbōmaz
Inst.	salbō	salbōmiz
Voc.	salbō	salbôz

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Descendants

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

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