Salāts

salāts salats Salats Livonian Alternative forms liv Salats Salaca Etymology Compare lv Salaca. Multiple theories for the name exist: that it derives from liv *saletsa salty river (no such word is attested in Livonian, however), that it derives from dialectal liv salai biting, pungent (possibly from urj-fin-pro *salvadak), connection with the Lithuanian river name lt Salantas (however, it is often connected with the following), and connection with lt sálti to flowBalode, Laimute. Insight into the city/town names of Latvia. ESUKA – JEFUL 2017, 8–1: 41–59. p. 50 (however, Jakob considers this to be a likely ghost wordJakob, Anthony. On some potential ghost words in Baltic. Baltistica LVIII (1) 2023 59–79). Pronunciation Proper noun liv proper noun Salaca a river in Vidzeme, Latvia Salāts – Salatsi – Salaca Salaca – Salaca – Salaca Declension 140 sg Descendants et 1 Salatsi References liv Rivers