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 — salt.

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
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 →