селитра

Inherited from Middle Russian селитра (selitra) (since 1596), from Old Ruthenian селитра (selitra) (since 1565, whence Ukrainian селітра (selitra)), from earlier салитра (salitra) (att. in 1517 in Skaryna's Proverbs). Further origin unclear but akin to Middle Polish saletra (whence Old Ruthenian салетра (saletra) and Belarusian салетра (saljetra)), Old Polish sanletra, Old Czech salnitr, sanitr, sanytr, Bavarian Salitter, Middle High German saliter, salniter, Serbo-Croatian са̀литра, Spanish salitre, Catalan salnitre, Latin sal nitrum (which is from sal and nitrum, see there for further etymology).

Displaced earlier Middle Russian ямчуга (jamčuga) during the 17th century.

• IPA^(key): [sʲɪˈlʲitrə]

сели́тра • (selítra) f inan (genitive сели́тры, uncountable, relational adjective сели́тряный or сели́тренный or сели́тровый)

1. (chemistry) saltpetre (potassium nitrate, sodium nitrate)

• сели́тренник m anim (selítrennik)
• селитряница f (selitrjanica)
• селитряный (selitrjanyj)

Compound words:

• селитрова́р m anim (selitrovár), селитрова́рня f (selitrovárnja), селитрова́рница f (selitrovárnica)

Borrowed

Related via Latin nitrum, Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron):

• нитра́т m (nitrát), нитри́т m (nitrít), нитро- (nitro-)

Native

Related via Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ls:

• соль f (solʹ)

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “селитра”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.