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Where does “salten” come from?

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

salten (Asturian): third-person plural present indicative of saltar;...

Definitions

  1. third-person plural present indicative of saltar;...

Ancestry of “salten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Asturiansaltarto jump
2Latinsaltō—
3Latinsaliō—
4Latinsāl—
5Proto-Italicsāls—
6Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂l—
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