Where does “saltegi” come from?

saltegi (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto ŝalti, from Latin saltō, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

saltegi (Esperanto): to bound, to leap, to make a large jump

Definitions

  1. to bound, to leap, to make a large jump

Ancestry of “saltegi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoŝaltito switch; to switch on
2Latinsaltōto dance, jump
3Latinsaliōto leap, jump, bound
4Latinsālsalt
5Proto-Italicsālssalt
6Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →