Where does “jota” come from?

jota (Spanish) comes from Spanish xota, from Mozarabic šáwta, from Latin saltō, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

jota (Spanish): jot; iota; The name of the Latin-script letter J;...

Definitions

  1. jot; iota; The name of the Latin-script letter J;...

Ancestry of “jota”, step by step

jota traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish xota

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishxota—
2Mozarabicšáwtajump
3Latinsaltōto dance, jump
4Latinsaliōto leap, jump, bound
5Latinsālsalt
6Proto-Italicsālssalt
7Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

via Latin iōta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latiniōtaiota Greek letter
2Ancient Greekἰῶταiota, the name for the ninth letter Ι, ι of the...
3Phoenician𐤉yod; yodh
4Egyptian𓂝—

Words derived from “jota”

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