Where does “saltimpalo” come from?
saltimpalo (Italian) comes from Italian saltare, from Latin saltō, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.
saltimpalo (Italian): stonechat or African stonechat
Definitions
- stonechat or African stonechat
Ancestry of “saltimpalo”, step by step
saltimpalo traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian saltare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | saltare | to jump, to leap, to spring; to explode, to blow... |
| 2 | Latin | saltō | to dance, jump |
| 3 | Latin | saliō | to leap, jump, bound |
| 4 | Latin | sāl | salt |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | sāls | salt |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | salt |
via Italian in
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | in | in; to; into |
| 2 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 3 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Italian palo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | palo | stake, pole, pile, spar; goalpost; pale |
| 2 | Latin | pālus | swamp, marsh, morass, bog, fen, pool |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | pākslos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂ǵ-slos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂ǵ- | to attach |