Where does “saillir” come from?

saillir (Middle French) comes from Old French saillir, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

saillir (Middle French): to jump; to fly through the air, to get knocked...

Definitions

  1. to jump; to fly through the air, to get knocked...

Ancestry of “saillir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsailliralternative infinitive of salir; jump
2Latinsaliōto leap, jump, bound
3Latinsālsalt
4Proto-Italicsālssalt
5Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

Words derived from “saillir”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →