Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

salten

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English

Syllables
salten
IPA
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

salted; salty

verb

To make or become salty or salted

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Etymology

From Middle English salten, from Old English sealten, from Proto-West Germanic *saltan, from Proto-Germanic *saltanaz (“salted”), past participle of *saltaną (“to salt”), equivalent to salt + -en. Cognate with Saterland Frisian soalten (“salted; salty”), Dutch gezouten (“salted”), German Low German solten (“salted”), German gesalzen (“salted”).

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Questions

What does salten mean?
salted; salty
Where does salten come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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