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Where does “salti” come from?

salti (Esperanto) comes from German schalten, from German einschalten, from German ein-, from Middle High German īn-, from Old High German in, from Proto-West Germanic *in, from Proto-Germanic in, from Proto-Indo-European én — in.

salti (Esperanto): to switch; to switch on

Definitions

  1. to switch; to switch on

Ancestry of “salti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschaltento switch
2Germaneinschaltento turn on, to switch on, to power up, to enable;...
3Germanein-generally indicating motion into something; one,...
4Middle High Germanīn-—
5Old High Germaninin
6Proto-West Germanic*in—
7Proto-Germanicinin; into
8Proto-Indo-Europeanénin

Words derived from “salti”

  • elŝalti
  • enŝalti
  • ĉefŝaltilo
  • ŝaltilo
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