salve
English
/sælv/, /sælv/
noun
Definitions
- An ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects.
- Any remedy or action that soothes or heals.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English salve inherited from Old English sealf inherited from Proto-Germanic *salbō (settler, assuager, salve, ointment) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *solp-éh₂, *selp- (butter, fat, grease).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*selp-
Gloss
butter, fat, grease
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
脂
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- eye English
- eyesalve English
- salvelike English
- salver English
- salverform English
- salve Latin
- sulphatum Latin
- sulphur Latin
- Salbe German
- salben German
- solfo Italian
- zolfo Italian
- appelzalf Dutch, Flemish
- brandzalf Dutch, Flemish
- zalf Dutch, Flemish
- ἔλπος Ancient Greek
- *selp- Proto-Indo-European
- *solp-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *swelplos Proto-Indo-European
- *sélpos Proto-Indo-European
- salve Norwegian Bokmål
- Gonçalvo Portuguese
- *salbō Proto-Germanic
- *salbōną Proto-Germanic
- salva Swedish
- salve Norwegian Nynorsk
- sealf Old English
- सर्पिस् Sanskrit
- *salvere Middle English
- eȝhe-salfe Middle English
- salve Middle English
- salve Danish
- salvi Icelandic
- sulfină Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- salve Middle Dutch
- salba Old High German
- salva Faroese
- sálva Faroese
- salbe Middle High German
- Sallef Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- gjalpë Albanian
- 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍉𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍉𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍉𐌽𐍃 Gothic
- *salbu gmw-pro
- salva Old Dutch
- salve Middle Low German
- salva Old Saxon
- azufre Asturian
- *sarpíṣ Proto-Indo-Aryan
- clp Middle Persian
- *selpa Proto-Albanian