- sal-2
- sal-2English meaning: dirty grey; salt, saliva, willowDeutsche Übersetzung: ‘schmutziggrau”Note: also (after the paint, color) zur Bezeichnung of Salzes (see sal-1), the Grauweide and of SpeichelsNote: Root sal-2 : dirty grey; salt, saliva, willow, derived from Root sal- : salt; salty water.Material: A. Aind. lengthened grade süra-, süla- “gray” = O.E. sōl “dirty, filthy, dark”, N.Ger. saul ds.; air sal and sa(i)le f. ‘smut”, salach “dirty, filthy” = O.Bret. haloc, Welsh halog ds.; Welsh sal “ärmlich, sick “ is Fr. Lw.; B. sal-u̯o- in O.Ice. splr “dirty, filthy” sǫl n. “a kind of Alge”; O.H.G. salo “cloudy, dirty grey “, O.E. salu ds., Dutch zaluw “dunkelgelb”; M.H.G. sal, gen. salwes ‘smut”; Welsh salw “ärmlich, low” (das s- from sal, see above), O.Corn. halou ‘stercora”; R.C.S. slavo-očije “Blauäugigkeit”, Russ. solovój “isabellenfarben”. C. Lat. salīva f. ‘saliva”, out of it O.Ir. saile, Welsh haliw ds. D. Lat. salix “ a willow-tree, willow, sallow” = M.Ir. sail, gen. sa(i)lech, Welsh etc. helyg-en ds.; O.Brit. PN Salico-dūnon, Gaul. PN Salicilla; O.H.G. sal(a)ha, M.H.G. salhe, Ger. Salweide; O.E. sealh m., O.Ice. selja “ a willow-tree, willow, sallow” (*salhjōn). Maybe Alb. (*salicus) shelgu “willow” not from lat salix.References: WP. II 453 f., WH. II 468 f., Trautmann 249; Thieme, as above.
Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.