Where does “sal” come from?

sal (Old Occitan) comes from Latin saltus, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

Ancestry of “sal”, step by step

sal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin saltus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsaltusA leap, jump; a leaping; A forest or mountain...
2Latinsaliōto leap, jump, bound
3Latinsālsalt
4Proto-Italicsālssalt
5Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

via Latin sal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsalsalt; wit
2Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₂l-salt, sea salt

Words derived from “sal”

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