salter

See also: Salter and šalter

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin saliō

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Italic *-tus

Latin -tus

Latin saltusbor.

English salt

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

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Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English salter

From salt + -er.

Pronunciation

• Homophone: psalter
• Rhymes: -ɒltə(ɹ), -ɔːltə(ɹ)

Noun

salter (plural salters)

1. One who makes, sells, or applies salt.
2. A trout leaving salt water to ascend a stream.

Derived terms

• drysalter
• saltery

Translations

one who deals with salt

• Finnish: suolaaja (applies); suolakauppias (sells)
• French: saunier (fr) m, saunière (fr) f
• Irish: mianadóir salainn m (miner), saillteoir m (curer), ceannaí salainn m (merchant)
• Old English: sealtere m
• Old Ruthenian: (merchant) соленикъ m (solenik), сольникъ m (solʹnik), соляникъ m (soljanik)
• Romanian: sărar (ro) m

References

• “salter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Laster, ratels, alters, stelar, Tarsle, talers, streal, staler, estral, alerts, tarsel, resalt, Slater, slater, tralse, strale, laster, Trelas, laters, artels

Danish

Verb

salter

1. present of salte

Latin

Verb

salter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of saltō

Middle English

Noun

salter

1. alternative form of sauter

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

salter n

1. indefinite plural of salt

Verb

salter

1. present of salte

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse saltr, from Proto-Germanic *saltaz.

Adjective

salter

1. salty

Declension

Declension of salter (strong)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	salter	salt	salt
accusative	saltan	salta	salt
dative	saltum saltom	saltri saltre	saltu salto
genitive	salts	saltrar	salts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	saltir salter	saltar	salt
accusative	salta	saltar	salt
dative	saltum saltom	saltum saltom	saltum saltom
genitive	saltra salta	saltra salta	saltra salta

Declension of salter (weak)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	salti salte	salta	salta
accusative	salta	saltu salto	salta
dative	salta	saltu salto	salta
genitive	salta	saltu salto	salta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	saltu salto	saltu salto	saltu salto
accusative	saltu salto	saltu salto	saltu salto
dative	saltu salto	saltu salto	saltu salto
genitive	saltu salto	saltu salto	saltu salto

Descendants

• Swedish: salt

Swedish

Noun

salter

1. indefinite plural of salt

Anagrams

• alster, arslet, laster, laters