Etymology of the English word saltchuck
the English word
saltchuckderived from the English word
chuckderived from the English word
chockderived from the Old French word
chocderived from the French word
choquerderived from the Old French word
chuquierderived from the Old French word
choquierderived from the North French word
choquederived from the Gaulish root
*tsukkaderived from the English word
saltderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*sal-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*saltanDate
The earliest known usage of saltchuck in English dates from the 20th century.
