Where does “salto” come from?

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

salto (Asturian): first-person singular present indicative of...

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Ancestry of “salto”, 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 →