Where does “salta” come from?

salta (Chavacano) comes from Spanish saltar, from Old Spanish saltar, from Latin saltō, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

salta (Chavacano): to jump; to leap

Definitions

  1. to jump; to leap

Ancestry of “salta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsaltarto jump; to skip; miss; to sautée
2Old Spanishsaltar—
3Latinsaltōto dance, jump
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 →