silt
English
/sɪlt/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.
- (uncountable) Material with similar physical characteristics, whatever its origins or transport.
- (countable) A particle from 3.9 to 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English silte, silen affix from English sile derived from Proto-Germanic *sultijō (brine, salt water, saltwater, salty water).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*sultijō
Gloss
brine, salt water, saltwater, salty water
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- desilt English
- desilter English
- metasiltstone English
- sal English
- sile English
- siltation English
- siltstone English
- silty English
- stone English
- unsilty English
- silt Norwegian Bokmål
- siltstein Norwegian Bokmål
- *saltą Proto-Germanic
- *sultijō Proto-Germanic
- silt Norwegian Nynorsk
- siltstein Norwegian Nynorsk
- sealt Old English
- sealtern Old English
- sealtnes Old English
- sealtyþ Old English
- sieltan Old English
- salt Middle English
- salte Middle English
- selt Middle English
- silen Middle English
- silte Middle English
- syle Middle English
- sylte Danish
- *salt gmw-pro
- sulte Middle Low German
- saut Scots
- *sultija Frankish