Where does “salt” come from?
salt (Catalan) comes from Old Catalan salt, from Latin saltus, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.
salt (Catalan): jump; waterfall
Ancestry of “salt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Catalan | salt | — |
| 2 | Latin | saltus | A leap, jump; a leaping; A forest or mountain... |
| 3 | Latin | saliō | — |
| 4 | Latin | sāl | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | sāls | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | — |
Words derived from “salt”