Where does “ŝalti” come from?
ŝalti (Esperanto) comes from Latin saltō, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.
ŝalti (Esperanto): to switch; to switch on
Ancestry of “ŝalti”, step by step
ŝalti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin saltō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | saltō | to dance, jump |
| 2 | Latin | saliō | to leap, jump, bound |
| 3 | Latin | sāl | salt |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | sāls | salt |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | salt |
via German schalten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | schalten | to switch |
| 2 | Middle High German | schalten | — |
| 3 | Old High German | scaltan | to push a ship forward |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | skaldaną | to knock, hit |
Words derived from “ŝalti”