Where does “saltan” come from?

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

saltan (Asturian): third-person plural present subjunctive of saltar

Definitions

  1. third-person plural present subjunctive of saltar

Ancestry of “saltan”, 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 →