Where does “jota” come from?

jota (Italian) comes from Spanish jota, from Spanish xota, from Mozarabic šáwta, from Latin saltō, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

jota (Italian): Obsolete spelling of iota

Definitions

  1. Obsolete spelling of iota

Ancestry of “jota”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishjotajot; iota; The name of the Latin-script letter J;...
2Spanishxota—
3Mozarabicšáwtajump
4Latinsaltōto dance, jump
5Latinsaliōto leap, jump, bound
6Latinsālsalt
7Proto-Italicsālssalt
8Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →