Where does “salta” come from?

salta (Asturian) comes from Asturian saltar, from Latin saltō, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

salta (Asturian): inflection of saltar: ## third-person singular...

Definitions

  1. inflection of saltar: ## third-person singular...

Ancestry of “salta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Asturiansaltarto jump
2Latinsaltōto dance, jump
3Latinsaliōto leap, jump, bound
4Latinsālsalt
5Proto-Italicsālssalt
6Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →