Proto-Germanic: *salwa-
Meaning: dusky, dark, muddy
Old Norse: sɔl-r `schmutzig; bleich (poet.)'
Norwegian: sal `bleich'
Old English: salu `dusky, dark'
Middle Dutch: salu `scmutzig, bleichgelb'
Dutch: { zaluw `dunkelgelb' }
Low German: saul (< *sōl) `schmutzig'
Old High German: salo `trübe, schmutziggrau'
Middle High German: sal (-w-) 'dunkelfärbig, welk, trübe, schmutzig' sal (-w-) st. m. 'schmutz'
