Where does “salta” come from?

salta (Italian) comes from Italian saltare, from Latin saltō, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

salta (Italian): inflection of saltare: ## third-person singular...

Definitions

  1. inflection of saltare: ## third-person singular...

Ancestry of “salta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansaltareto jump, to leap, to spring; to explode, to blow...
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 →