Etymograph

English

solonetz

Solonetz comes from Russian солонец ‘salt marsh’, from солёный ‘salty’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l ‘salt’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sḗh₂l1‘salt’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*sāˀlis1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*solь1‘salt’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*soliti2‘to salt’reconstructed
  5. Russianmodernсоли́ть3‘to salt’
  6. Russianmodernсолёный4‘salty’
  7. Russianmodernсолонец5solonec‘salt marsh’
  8. Englishtodaysolonetz5

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Slavic *soliti
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Russian солить
  3. 3 Wiktionary, Russian солёный
  4. 4 Wiktionary, Russian солонец
  5. 5 Wiktionary, English solonetz

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sḗh₂lWiktionary, Proto-Slavic *soliti‘salt’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*sāˀlisWiktionary, Proto-Slavic *solitireconstructed
  3. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*solьWiktionary, Proto-Slavic *soliti‘salt’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*solitiWiktionary, Russian солить‘to salt’reconstructed
  5. Russianmodernсоли́тьWiktionary, Russian солёный‘to salt’
  6. RussianmodernсолёныйWiktionary, Russian солонец‘salty’
  7. RussianmodernсолонецWiktionary, English solonetzsolonec‘salt marsh’
  8. EnglishtodaysolonetzWiktionary, English solonetz

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l ‘salt’

salt, salary, sauce, salad, sausage, cellar, salsa, sal, saline, salami, salina, halogen, 30 more

Today it means

noun A type of soil with a so-called "natric horizon" within the upper metre of the soil profile and a subsoil with higher clay content than the upper horizon, the latter having more than 15% exchangeable sodium.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “solonetz”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Slavic *soliti, Russian солить, Russian солёный, Russian солонец. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l / solonetz

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