English
saltmaker
From salt + maker.
Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l ‘salt’
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Proto-Germanic *saltą ‘salt’
Proto-West Germanic *salt ‘salt’
Old English sealt ‘common salt’
Middle English salt
English salt
Old English macian ‘to perform or carry out (a miracle)’
Middle English maken ‘to make or create’
Middle English maker ‘God as creator of all’
English maker
Today it means
noun A manufacturer of salt.
Sources
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