Where does “salpicar” come from?

salpicar (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.

salpicar (Catalan): to sprinkle

Definitions

to sprinkle

Ancestry of “salpicar”, step by step

salpicar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan sal

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Catalan	sal	salt
2	Old Occitan	sal	—
3	Latin	saltus	A leap, jump; a leaping; A forest or mountain...
4	Latin	saliō	to leap, jump, bound
5	Latin	sāl	salt
6	Proto-Italic	sāls	salt
7	Proto-Indo-European	*sḗh₂l	salt

via Catalan picar

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Catalan	picar	to bite, sting; to peck; to prick, pierce
2	Vulgar Latin	piccare	to puncture; to sting, strike; to pierce
3	Frankish	pikkōn	to peck, strike
4	Proto-Germanic	pikōną	—
5	Proto-Indo-European	bew-	"low-pitch humming noise"

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →