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Where does “saltarrocas” come from?

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

saltarrocas (Spanish): klipspringer

Definitions

  1. klipspringer

Ancestry of “saltarrocas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsaltarto jump; to skip; miss; to sautée
2Old Spanishsaltar—
3Latinsaltō—
4Latinsaliō—
5Latinsāl—
6Proto-Italicsāls—
7Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂l—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →