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.

salt (Catalan): jump; waterfall

Definitions

  1. jump; waterfall

Ancestry of “salt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Catalansalt
2LatinsaltusA leap, jump; a leaping; A forest or mountain...
3Latinsaliōto leap, jump, bound
4Latinsālsalt
5Proto-Italicsālssalt
6Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

Words derived from “salt

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂lEvery word from Proto-Italic sālsEvery word from Latin sāl