Where does “сальто-мортале” come from?
сальто-мортале (Russian) comes from Italian salto, from Latin saltus, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.
сальто-мортале (Russian): salto mortale
Ancestry of “сальто-мортале”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | salto | jump, leap, spring, bound; change, jump, leap,... |
| 2 | Latin | saltus | A leap, jump; a leaping; A forest or mountain... |
| 3 | Latin | saliō | — |
| 4 | Latin | sāl | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | sāls | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | — |