Where does “salto” come from?

salto (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch salto, from Italian salto, from Latin saltus, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

salto (Afrikaans): somersault, flip

Definitions

  1. somersault, flip

Ancestry of “salto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchsaltosomersault, flip
2Italiansaltojump, leap, spring, bound; change, jump, leap,...
3LatinsaltusA leap, jump; a leaping; A forest or mountain...
4Latinsaliōto leap, jump, bound
5Latinsālsalt
6Proto-Italicsālssalt
7Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →