Where does “salejar” come from?

salejar (Catalan) comes from Catalan sal, from Old Occitan sal, from Latin saltus, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

salejar (Catalan): to be salty, to taste of salt

Definitions

  1. to be salty, to taste of salt

Ancestry of “salejar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalansalsalt
2Old Occitansal—
3LatinsaltusA leap, jump; a leaping; A forest or mountain...
4Latinsaliōto leap, jump, bound
5Latinsālsalt
6Proto-Italicsālssalt
7Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →