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

At 5:05:59 AM on Thursday, April 17, 2008, tgpedersen wrote:

>>> 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".

ON <salt> 'salt', <saltr> 'salty'. The noun is from PGmc.
*saltam: Goth., OSax., OFris. <salt>, OE <sealt>, OHG
<salz>. The adj. is OE <sealt>, OFris. <salt>, OHG <salz>.
Oh, and there's a verb 'to salt': ON <salta>, Goth.
<saltan>, OE <sealtan>, OHG <salzan>.

Brian