Re: Not "catching the wind " , or, what ARE we discussing?

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> > How do you then derive Gmc. *sal-t- from IE *sh2el-?
>
> I've seen no ev. the same rules apply to liquids. It's more likely
> that there's contamination with the adj. 'salty' with d>t, as part of
> similar changes in IE branches specifically for this word.
>

I haven't looked up the ON, but Danih has

salt "salt"
salt "salty"

and the -t (< PIE *-d, cf German -s) is the NeutNomAcc suffix, so the
meaning might have been "salziges".


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