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Where does “saltar” come from?

saltar (Old Spanish) comes from Latin saltō, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.

Ancestry of “saltar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsaltō—
2Latinsaliō—
3Latinsāl—
4Proto-Italicsāls—
5Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂l—

Words derived from “saltar”

  • saltar
  • saltarrocas
  • saltamontes
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →