Where does “saltón” come from?

saltón (Galician) comes from Galician saltar, from Old Portuguese saltar, from Latin saltō, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

saltón (Galician): grasshopper

Definitions

  1. grasshopper

Ancestry of “saltón”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciansaltarto jump
2Old Portuguesesaltar—
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 →