Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/saltastain

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *salt +‎ *stain.

Noun

*saltastain m

a block of salt; rock salt
nitre

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*saltastain
Genitive	*saltastainas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*saltastain	saltastainō, saltastainōs
Accusative	*saltastain	*saltastainā
Genitive	*saltastainas	*saltastainō
Dative	*saltastainē	*saltastainum
Instrumental	*saltastainu	*saltastainum

Descendants

Old English: sealtstān
- Middle English: salt stan, salt ston, saltstone, salteston
  - English: saltstone
  - Scots: salt stane
Old Frisian: *saltstēn
- West Frisian: sâltstien
Old Saxon: *saltstēn
- Middle Low German: soltstên, soltstein
  - German Low German: Soltsteen
Old Dutch: *saltstēn
- Middle Dutch: soutsteen
  - Dutch: zoutsteen
Old High German: salzstein
- Middle High German: salzstein
  - German: Salzstein

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